are besieging
- present progressive of besiege.
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
To think that while we are besieging, we should ourselves be caught in a trap and besieged by the Cardinal Infante of Spain.
From Cyrano De Bergerac by Guillemard, Mary F.
