besieged

Example Sentences

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More drones followed, once more plunging the residents of this besieged city into a 21st century version of the Blitz.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Both are great island nations that find themselves besieged by cranky bond markets, at risk of losing their fiscal credibility.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Many who worship at the mosque have immigrated to America from Gaza and other places besieged by violence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Even if the regime doesn’t fall, it will be leaderless, impoverished, isolated, besieged, mostly disarmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

It was a loving house even as it was besieged by its country, but it was hard.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates