Sentence examples for feeling of encirclement from inspiring English sources

The Iranians' purpose in this is at least partly subversive: to unsettle those hostile Arab monarchs who give Iran an uneasy feeling of encirclement.

The threat of actual hostilities seems remote — neither China nor the U.S. is inclined to seek a costly conflict over Taiwan, for instance — but China's feeling of encirclement is real and worth noting.

(That is a not unreasonable assumption).And so the Obama visit is likely only to deepen the Chinese feeling of creeping encirclement.

However, he reiterated his belief that Moscow feels the Kiev government is illegitimate, and also referenced long-held Russian fears of encirclement by the west.

The spectre of encirclement dissolved.

The ring of encirclement has long since closed.

The Brant aesthetic, when brought under a roof, shrinks to a form of encirclement.

Won't such arms supplies further nourish a Russian paranoia of encirclement?

The mere threat of encirclement, the army claims, frightened militants out of Mingora.

The quintessential annihilation battle of encirclement, it has become a benchmark for overwhelming operational success.

India's growing investment and intelligence network in Afghanistan also is feeding Islamabad's insecurity and sense of encirclement.