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

The coup in Chile saw smoke rise from the besieged presidential palace, La Moneda, as military aircraft bombarded it, an indelible image for many in Latin America.

From Los Angeles Times

As a lawyer in China, Lu Siwei belonged to a rare and increasingly besieged group willing to take on sensitive cases to defend rights activists and political pariahs.

From New York Times

Although it was besieged by Russian troops in the first few months of the invasion, it was liberated by Ukraine more than a year ago and is hundreds of miles from the front line.

From BBC

Armed groups grow ever stronger, besieging government buildings and forcing the congress to bow to their demands.

From Reuters