besiege
verb (used with object)
to lay siege to.
is besieging
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present progressiveof besiege (3rd person singular).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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The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army is besieging the town of Laukkaing, which is the administrative capital of what is officially called the Kokang Self-Administered Zone.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
Elie Wiesel asks him why he is besieging Sarajevo.
From Time Magazine Archive
The enemy is besieging us, your honour," said Joyce, "but he will not attack at present.
From Wyandotte by Cooper, James Fenimore
A brewer, named Van Artevelde, who is English to the core, is besieging the remnant of the knights of Flanders shut up in Oudenarde; and they can get no aid but from you.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Black, Robert
She is besieging London, and she wishes the American to remain neutral.
From In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories by Barr, Robert
