Examples of 'besieging' in a sentence
Meaning of "besieging"
besiege (verb) - to surround a place, typically a city or fortress, with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender. It is also used more generally to mean to overwhelm or press hard upon with requests
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- present participle of besiege
- The act by which a place is besieged.
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Robert was always besieging people with requests.
Again the speaker deplores his besieging.
The people besieging this place are different.
Of the city as it appeared to the besieging forces.
But besieging the fort was no easy task.
But there are also pressures on a besieging army.
But a besieging army would still be at a tremendous disadvantage.
The sports pirates are besieging the north.
Besieging and besieged troops.
Troops who formed the besieging army.
Viterbo besieging the tyrant.
He felt that humans were besieging him.
Besieging them with terrors.
The rebels had been besieging them since then.
The besieging land army was not much more fortunate.
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The confederates besieging the city.
Advanced against the city while his troops were besieging it.
Relieve the besieged by besieging the base of the besiegers.
No time was lost in getting rid of the besieging army.
The hedge funds besieging them pledged nothing in return.
Cannons were less useful for the besieging army.
Besieging the clerks.
This weakened the besieging force.
Trenches were used by besieging forces to approach a fortification while protected from missiles.
These constituted the besieging army.
There has been a besieging army around our walls for many days.
De oppido expugnando was a tactic used when besieging cities.
They are besieging and intimidating us just for defending our rights and our principles.
Detachments from the besieging army.
The besieging army flooded the city and then started its assault on the fort.
Giant robots are besieging me.
The besieging guild has the right to occupy the siege positions near the castle.
This allowed them to enter the airbase after months of besieging it.
At that time besieging it.
Terror of the people in the street sat down before his mind like a besieging army.
The besieging party broke ground during the evening within musket shot of the city walls.
It is we who are besieging hell.
Try besieging Jerusalem with a bucket on your head.
I suppose a painter feels that colors and shapes are besieging him.
He is captured while besieging the Frankish city.
The situation deteriorated gradually in both the city and the besieging camp.
In the guise of the besieging German army.
Cirta was able to hold out for a long time against the besieging army.
Balak died while besieging the city of Hierapolis.
Victarion orders his fleet to assault the forces besieging the city.
Parthians are besieging our legions in Armenia.
The main war was fought with garrisons and besieging forces.
The besieging army was placed unter the command of Condé.
The work of besieging.
He was still besieging the town when a Byzantine embassy arrived.
