Examples of 'laid siege' in a sentence
Meaning of "laid siege"
This phrase describes a military strategy in which a military force surrounds and isolates a location, often a city or fort, with the intention of capturing or defeating the occupants inside. It implies a prolonged and determined attempt to conquer or overcome the resistance of the occupants.
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- simple past tense of lay siege
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laid siege
He laid siege to the city before capturing it.
They therefore laid siege to the castle.
I laid siege for half a year.
Consciences must be laid siege to one by one.
We laid siege to the mountain for two grueling months.
A group of armed men laid siege to this church.
Laid siege to his city.
His forces laid siege to the fort.
The renegade mark antony has laid siege.
Cyrus then laid siege to the city.
The following year the peasants of the village laid siege to the chateau.
We have laid siege to this island.
When my army laid siege.
Caesar laid siege to the town.
A thread in the story of a warrior who laid siege to a walled city.
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Hannibal laid siege to the city.
Koxinga then changed his tactics and laid siege to the fort.
Terrorists have laid siege to the landmark property.
Lincoln had these built in case the confederates laid siege to the white house.
Invaders laid siege to the city.
Another blast struck about an hour later as government soldiers laid siege to the restaurant.
I have been laid siege by much worse.
Nebuchadnezzar encamped on Jerusalem and laid siege to it.
He laid siege to the city.
Where armed robbers laid siege to your bank.
He laid siege to it for seven months but was not successful.
Paramilitary forces have laid siege to the forest.
We have laid siege to this fort for ten months.
He destroyed the city and laid siege to the citadel.
Robert laid siege to the abbey and plundered it possessions.
I thought you laid siege to it.
All he laid siege to was the banquet table in the command tent.
Five hours he laid siege to it.
We laid siege at wark.
In case the confederates laid siege to the white house.
They have laid siege to neighbourhoods and subjected them to indiscriminate shelling.
The village women have laid siege to her house.
Inarius first laid siege to an infernal temple devoted to the worship of.
There they waited for reinforcements and laid siege to the city and stormed it.
They laid siege to my planet for over one hundred solar days.
I promptly laid siege to the.
Timur laid siege to the city and recaptured it with little effort.
Legend has it that they laid siege to the island for hours.
Laid siege to death Here lies the clarity.
The Sikhs laid siege to the city.
Marzuban was not far behind and he laid siege to Ardebil.
Gallienus laid siege to the city but was murdered during the siege.
Same day them Indians laid siege to us.
Charlemagne then laid siege to the city but with little success.
Theodosius and his troops immediately laid siege to Constantinople.
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This siege is a stranglehold on the occupied territories
The town is under siege by three hillbillies
The siege only strengthened his beliefs
Examples of using Laid
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I laid her down on the chaise longue
I have not gotten laid in seven months
I just laid there waiting for it to be over
