Sentence examples for is besieging from inspiring English sources
verb
To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
Aleppo, once the country's economic center, is largely in ruins, and the government, through a series of brutal bombings, is besieging the last enclave outside its grip.
The regime has to pull back from the cities it is besieging, including Ajdabiya, Misurata and Zintan, and return to their barracks.
According to the UN, the Syrian government is besieging 187,000 people in rebel-held towns; the rebels by contrast are besieging only two towns, with 12,000 residents.
"It's clear the government is besieging the area; it's preventing any food to enter the area in addition to the daily airstrikes that are being carried out against civilians," Diana Semaan, a Syria campaigner at Amnesty International, told The WorldPost.
A flood of invitations is besieging Republican and Democratic presidential candidates alike this year, thrusting them into a complicated political vortex as they struggle to balance their own needs with the demands of sensitive and powerful debate sponsors whom candidates are eager not to offend.
Modern man is besieged by mechanics.
The Brown's establishment is besieged.
Suddenly, the house is besieged by antiwar protesters.
Renewal is besieged by questions about cyber security.
Anyone suspected of sitting on tickets is besieged.
Barack Obama is besieged by admirers begging to join his team.
