besieged
Example Sentences
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Two Palestinian families were trapped inside their homes along with five Italian nationals who were visiting one of them, according to two people besieged there who spoke to The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
He describes how leaving felt like a movie where someone boards the last helicopter flight out of a besieged city.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
After word spread that a local attorney was starting a class action, residents said they were besieged by out-of-town lawyers competing aggressively for their business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Both are great island nations that find themselves besieged by cranky bond markets, at risk of losing their fiscal credibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
It began life as a single, long, exhaustingly forceful movement, but Shostakovich, in a white heat of besieged inspiration, fleshed it out to a further three movements.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
