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
A fiercer enemy than the British is besieging us here.
From In the Days of Poor Richard by Irving Bacheller
A strong force of the Yankees is besieging Hertford, and four hundred of our men are defending it.
From The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Already he possesses three-fourths of the fortresses of Greece, and is besieging the capital of the republic.
From The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II by Thomas Barnes Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald
