besiege
verb (used with object)
to lay siege to.
are besieging
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present progressiveof besiege.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“But it’s also they who, being unprotected, are besieging the public health system, depriving treatment from thousands of other people with very serious health issues.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
The party needs “an acceptable ‘not Kelli’ choice who can surf the policy divides that are besieging our party right now,” said Chuck Coughlin, a Republican strategist in Arizona.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2017
“Rebels are besieging areas controlled by Assad and they have recently been on the attack,” Channel One’s director of news Kirill Kleymenov said in an interview.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2016
Across the nation they are besieging hospitals and doctors' offices, seeking examinations and information.
From Time Magazine Archive
What hope then is there that there ever can be peace between the Roman people and the men who are besieging Mutina and attacking a general and army of the Roman people?
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
