besieged
Example Sentences
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Even if the regime doesn’t fall, it will be leaderless, impoverished, isolated, besieged, mostly disarmed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Even if the regime doesn’t fall, it will be leaderless, impoverished, isolated, besieged, mostly disarmed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
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
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
Her decision to move back was similar; whenever she felt besieged by doubts, she would think of herself as standing valiantly alone, as almost heroic, so as to squash her uncertainty.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
