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

Just after midnight yesterday, American diplomats were evacuated by helicopter from Khartoum, Sudan’s besieged capital city.

From New York Times

As memories flooded her mind, she recalled the bombed and charred buildings in the besieged city, the terror of running and hiding from Russian strikes, and the heartbreak of seeing people lose their lives.

From Seattle Times

The violence is deepening a humanitarian crisis in Sudan, where millions of people are facing shortages of food, water, medicine and electricity in besieged cities across the country.

From New York Times

A series of photos by Maloletka from besieged Mariupol also won the European regional World Press Photo Stories award that was announced in March.

From Seattle Times