besieged

Example Sentences

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Besieged on all sides, Mr. Lee is a past master at playing to public emotions.

From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2023

Besieged cities have been suffering from shortages of food, medicine, heat and electricity.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2022

Besieged by rushers and a raucous Auburn crowd for most of the day, Young finished with 317 yards on 25-of-51 passing, two touchdowns and an interception.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2021

Besieged civilians, if they still had food, prepared their final meagre meals inside a city they had clung to for four painful years.

From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2019

Suspendedly, Lance, Your Besieged Working Boy V The lovely girl smiled hopefully at Dr. Talc and breathed, “I just love your course. I mean, it’s grand.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole