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

Accurate reporting and erroneous articles alike bred a deep sense of embattlement in Palo Alto.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2021

As an evangelical myself, for a long time I mostly embraced the narrative 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

Seaford church is dedicated to St. Leonard and is Norman as far as the tower is concerned, of which the embattlement is modern; note the crosses in black flints on three of the sides.

From Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End by Holmes, Edric