Sentence examples for as a siege from inspiring English sources

"I categorize that as a siege mentality.

The trench served as a siege moat, part of an offensive siege system around the tell.

The raid went on for some hours and, as a siege situation was established, neighbours and assembled journalists captured footage more resembling a warzone than the French capital.

As the United States moves inexorably toward becoming a minority majority country, the Republican Party needs every available weapon to survive what it perceives as a siege.

The day of the fare increase, described as a "siege of dimes" in an article in The Times, turned into something of a spectacle.

Alastair Beach, a correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent, was inside the Fath Mosque compound during much of the long stand-off, which he described on Twitter as a "siege".

But who is being walled in here, exactly, and who out? Israeli society exists in a state of permanent existential crisis - people talk and behave as if they are living under a siege as long as their history.

Two men were arrested and are being questioned about racially aggravated assault following the incident in Eccles, which one local resident described as "like a siege".

They're as much prisoners in a siege as people seeking protection.

Kato had felt unsafe ever since, as he battled a siege of insults and threats.

Aid agencies are increasingly worried about a lack of food and medicines, especially in towns such as Misrata where a siege by Gaddafi's forces deprives them of access.