siege

a siege of asthma.

an exhaustive siege of illness

the siege ended peacefully.

Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks.

a siege of 50 days 50

A siege often brings them to terms.

government forces laid siege to the building.

the press laid siege to her flat.

a castle sieged by foot soldiers and cavalry.

Against the wrackful siege of battering days,

Against the wreckful siege of battering days,

The enemy lay siege to the town in attempt to starve the people to death.

The city has now been under siege for more than three weeks.

The press and paparazzi laid siege to the star’s London flat in the hope of getting a photograph of her.

The latest revelations put more pressure on the minister, who is already under siege for his economic policies.

Whether one buys into the plotline of “State of Play,” that much about the movie rings true.Old-fashioned journalism is under siege in the U.S.

O, how shall summers honey breath hold outAgainst the wreckful siege of battering days,When rocks impregnable are not so stout,Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays?