Examples of 'lay siege' in a sentence
Meaning of "lay siege"
lay siege - To surround or encircle a location, such as a city or fortress, with the intent of cutting off supplies, isolating the inhabitants, and eventually capturing or conquering it. This phrase is often used metaphorically to describe a persistent and intense effort to overcome obstacles or achieve a goal.
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- Chiefly followed by against or to: to engage in a siege; to besiege.
- To attack continually over a long period.
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Lay siege on the world like a cyclone.
Even now they lay siege to his castle.
Lay siege to the mysteries of medicine.
Until an invading army lay siege to it.
Will lay siege to the town.
Building a tower to lay siege to heaven.
He lay siege to us one whole winter and a summer.
But we will need to lay siege to it.
We will lay siege to the capital.
They easily encircled the city and lay siege to it.
He threatens to lay siege to us by morning.
Lay siege for them.
Grant then decided to lay siege to the city.
The people lay siege to his refuge and demand those inside to surrender the kidnapper.
The other option is to lay siege to the city.
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Would lay siege to a castle.
Woundwort plans to lay siege to us.
We can lay siege to Dunholm as early as tomorrow.
Or they could lay siege.
This report seeks to lay siege to one such current bastion of injustice.
It was inspired by the way ancient armies would lay siege to a castle.
Hertford decided not to lay siege but thoroughly burn the city.
They do not have sufficient force to take the castle and lay siege to it.
All these creatures lay siege to this holy place.
Was a Manticore while my command lay siege.
No one can lay siege to it.
We lay siege to Keyhouse at dawn.
They come up with a plan to lay siege to the capitol.
Hong Kong police lay siege to university where hundreds of protesters trapped.
We will gather our fleet and lay siege to your world.
So she decided to lay siege to the Château and barricaded herself in the kitchen.
He had mounds erected and tunnels dug to lay siege to the city.
These monotonous areas lay siege to the more structured parts of the city.
For several months still they continued to lay siege to the city.
You can not lay siege to British citizens.
He and his army are the first to lay siege to Luthadel.
Now we lay siege to Alesia.
The kingdom of Lunet is peaceful until a pack of wolves lay siege to it.
Impossible for the robbers to lay siege sufficiently long to have.
The symptoms of the infection were observed when the crusaders lay siege of Acre.
So we lay siege.
The Wu sisters are unifying all the gang leaders to lay siege on China.
He plans to lay siege to Khartoum.
He then went on with the rest of his troops to lay siege to Yerevan.
So the king of Syria will lay siege to a fortified city and capture it.
Such a large accession of strength encouraged the prætor to lay siege to Cassandrea.
The rebels lay siege to Andijan.
According to his predictions the nations will gather and lay siege to Jerusalem.
The crusaders lay siege to Antioch.
The Wu sisters are unifying all the gangleaders to lay siege on China.
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This siege is a stranglehold on the occupied territories
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The siege only strengthened his beliefs
