Example Sentences

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On Monday residents and medics said Israeli forces were besieging hospitals and shelters for displaced people.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024

Crowds were besieging big-box stores to grab hand sanitizer and toilet paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2020

The Aztecs who received the Spaniards and their band of indigenous allies had since turned against them and were besieging their compound.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2018

Reporters were besieging him and other legislators for comment, and he did not want to misstate facts or disclose classified information.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2012

"The Italians" were besieging their city, and when it pleased them to enter they would enter.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope