Example Sentences

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Security agents said that was why they have been besieging Dasuki’s home in Abuja, the capital, despite a Federal High Court order allowing him to travel abroad for medical care.

From Time • Nov. 18, 2015

"EDGE OF AN ABYSS" With banks in Cyprus closed until Tuesday, Cypriots have been besieging bank cash machines all week.

From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2013

I have been besieging him for two days.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

"I suppose the ladies have been besieging our poor Abramka?"

From Best Russian Short Stories by Seltzer, Thomas