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 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

Its members “stand with Ukraine,” he said, as the besieged country prepares for an important counteroffensive against Russia.

From New York Times

The pair describe Heart of Steel - which Andrii wrote as Ukrainian defenders were besieged inside the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol last year - as a song of "strength, confidence and responsibility".

From BBC