embattlement
Example Sentences
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More recent events have contributed to a sense of embattlement in the Black community.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
The answer, I learned in conversation with colleagues who had signed a petition demanding an apology from me, was that I had triggered the evangelical sense of embattlement.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2020
I had taken a similar survey a few miles down the valley at theNewtonmore club, which, as though sharing a feeling of embattlement, has reciprocal membership with Kingussie.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 14, 2020
“Constantly embattled. . . . The embattlement comes from inside and out. It’s a constant state of embattlement. Constantly.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2020
Peyton glanced around him at this compact feminine embattlement.
From Susy, a story of the Plains by Bret Harte
