embattle

Example Sentences

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Those raids have further threatened a health care system in the embattle territory that is struggling to cope with the fallout from the war.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Hunting out two aggressive spiders, he would embattle them and watch with glee through a magnifying glass.

From Time Magazine Archive

She feared he would vent plain speech that would cut Mr. Feuerstein's sensitive soul and embattle his dignity and pride against his love.

From The Fortune Hunter by Phillips, David Graham

They were razed by commission, or by writs to the sheriffs; and a law was further enacted that “none hereafter, without license, should embattle his house.”

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

And Douglas found the forces that were to embattle him drawing up in line.

From Children of the Market Place by Masters, Edgar Lee