siege

Example Sentences

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At that exact moment, he was laying siege to Issa’s house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The siege only ended when it became clear that King Juan Carlos, Franco's designated successor, would not support the uprising.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

By spring he was one of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russia during the siege of the Azovstal steelworks in the coastal city of Mariupol.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The only way Cubans are surviving this siege is because they help one another.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Since the night of the siege, Fiver had spent much time alone and even in the Honeycomb, or at morning and evening silflay, was often silent and preoccupied.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams