had been besieging
- past perfect progressive of besiege.
Example Sentences
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By the time Allied forces made landfall at Normandy, Soviet forces had been besieging Berlin for more than six months.
From Fox News ● Jun. 6, 2019
By that time part of the German army which had been besieging Antwerp, and had been released for other operations when it fell, had swept through Bruges, and had occupied Ostend.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by Parrott, James Edward
This not only gained for the Russians a large booty in prisoners, munitions, and equipment, but also released the great army that had been besieging the fortress.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Miller, Francis Trevelyan
For six months the flower of the Israelitish army, twelve thousand in number, under the leadership of Joab, had been besieging the capital city of the Amalekites without result.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Radin, Paul
Men and dogs had been besieging this badger in its den for twelve hours.
From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry
