besiege

[US]/bɪˈsiːdʒ/
[UK]/bɪˈsiːdʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

Verb: to surround; to lay siege to.

Phrases & Collocations

besiege a city

Example Sentences

The superstar was besieged by reporters.

the television station was besieged with calls.

succor a besieged city

She was besieged by problems.

besiege a walled city:

doubts that besieged him

The enemy were besieged by us.

the king marched north to besiege Berwick.

she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen.

they struggled to supply the besieged island with aircraft.

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Reporters besieged the winner for interviews.

Food supplies were running low in the besieged town.

The professor was besieged with questions from his students.

Hundreds of admirers besieged the famous writer.

Citizens were forced to flee the besieged city.

The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial.

And I will encamp in a circle against you, And will besiege you with palisades, And will raise up siegeworks against you.

Real-world Examples

True, the Yankees under Grant had been besieging Vicksburg since the middle of May.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Good evening, my besieged Ruburt, my besieged Joseph.

Source: The Early Sessions

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

We are besieged by do-it-yourselfers wanting to spruce up their homes.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

The teacher was besieged with the questions and requests from pupils.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

Most of those places are hard to reach because they are besieged by regime forces and their allies.

Source: NPR News March 2016 Collection

The demonstrations are spreading these demonstrations where protesters are besieging and in some cases taking over government buildings.

Source: BBC Listening January 2014 Collection

He pleaded with it to secure assistance with people of the besieged rebel-held neighborhoods.

Source: BBC Listening December 2016 Collection

Scores of civilians are largely cut off in besieged cities include Homs.

Source: NPR News February 2014 Compilation

Forward has been to besiege Syrian town of Kobane near the Turkish border.

Source: BBC Listening September 2014 Compilation

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