siege

Example Sentences

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If a monster like their father can disfigure God, doesn’t his existence pose a threat to a world already under siege?

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to make a film based on a true story of British troops under siege during the Afghanistan war.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Since the January 2025 fire siege, roughly 20% of surviving street trees have gone missing, according to preliminary results from a University of California research team.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

While other memoirists have described the concentrated essence of Soviet life as that of a prison camp, Freidenberg discovered it in the siege—“the siege of the human being,” as she put it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It was before the disastrous May when the Allies fled, retreating to the French beaches, before the siege that was the Battle of Britain, before the thunder and flame-filled nights of the Blitz.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein