besiege

Example Sentences

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"We were besieged inside our house and couldn't leave," she recalls, describing how power, water and internet connections were all severed.

From BBC

Winning back the besieged army headquarters was also a huge boon earlier this month.

From BBC

Alawites have become a community besieged, set to be excluded — if not persecuted — by the Sunni political class now in ascendance.

From Los Angeles Times

The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, cited local sources as saying that Israeli forces were "completely besieging" Jenin camp, and that armoured bulldozers had dug up several streets.

From BBC

After the book’s release, Oosterhoff said he was besieged by requests and carried out 13 euthanasia procedures that year.

From Salon