besieged

Example Sentences

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Israel scrutinises all aid into besieged Gaza, a tiny coastal territory surrounded by fences and walls on all sides.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

In besieged Kadugli, 56-year-old market trader Hamdan is desperate for a way out, "terrified" that the RSF will seize the city.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

In May, a U.S.-backed operation extracted five of Machado’s aides who had been living in a besieged Argentine diplomatic residence in Caracas and flew them to U.S. soil, along with the opposition leader’s mother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Steven Skybell, magnificent in the role of the besieged patriarch, led a superb cast that brought a new understanding to an old chestnut through the force of Yiddish language and culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Late that day, besieged by fears, very lonely and quite famished, I fell to my knees and prayed with deep-hearted, sobbing words.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi