7 sentences with 'besieged'
Example sentences and phrases with the word besieged and other words derived from it.
• « They soon began throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the police near the besieged shelter, who defended themselves with water cannons and tear gas canisters. »
• « The fighting during this period was often desperate - Constantinople itself was besieged by an allied force of Avars and Persians at one point - but in the end Heraclius managed to pull the empire back from the brink. »
• « Paris declared itself an independent city-state organised along socialist lines, the "Paris Commune", and for a few months (from March to the end of May) the French army besieged the Communards in the capital. In the end, a French army stormed the city and approximately 20,000 communards were executed. »
• « While Montevideo was besieged from land by General Oribe and from the water by Admiral Brown, an English squadron took the brave admiral's ships by surprise. This began a new conflict with England and France, whose united fleets declared a blockade against Argentine ports in September 1845. »
• « Thousands of militia from towns across New England marched into Boston, and soon the city was besieged by a sea of rebel forces. »
• « For many years, white settlers in the western territories of the United States had besieged the Indians living there. »