Sentence examples for they were embattled from inspiring English sources

Being fiercely criticised for his involvement in those cases, the family developed a sense that they were embattled, victimised and persecuted for their beliefs.

It also plays on a sense long shared by many Israelis that they are embattled, misunderstood and find themselves in an increasingly unsympathetic world.

The conference, which was attended by over 150 people, was developed around an assertion that Michael and his co-organizers share: that there has been a "neglect of critical appreciation of representational art well out of proportion to its quality and significance". Attendees heard critic Jed Perl tell them that they live in a "time when authenticity is embattled". and they seemed to eat it up.

But if Israeli liberals are embattled, they are not walking contradictions in terms.

Police are embattled, criticized by a movement led by a younger generation for how they use force.

"I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable -- that that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath".

Hamas has been embattled ever since.

Could Morrissey ever not be embattled?

Of late, that government has been embattled.

Holder is embattled on a number of fronts.

In his last years, he was embattled and embittered.