Sentence examples for when under siege from inspiring English sources

He seemed to thrive when under siege.

Hence the gleeful — and, to be honest, very Hanksian — moment when, under siege from every angle, he ducks sideways and says to his assistant, "My God, the fun".

Then again, it can be a surprisingly sentimental business, a tight-knit and protective community that gathers around when under siege – and that is what happened when Frank became Kellie.

The only moment of authentic inner expression, the acknowledgment of any identity at all, arises when, under siege from the creatures, Evelyn challenges Lee when their children are in danger: "Who are we?

The hero of the novels about the French Foreign Legion by P.C. Wren, when under siege from his attackers, propped up the bodies of dead soldiers around the walls of his fortress to convince his enemies that the fort was well-defended.

The base, even when under siege, is very orderly, but "Hell is a realm of hostility fractured and chaotic.

While Mr. Insua's Kafka is not exactly barbarous, he is certainly far too flattened, lugubrious and monotonal, just as his Prague seems to miss a key point: the city, which possesses a mysterious duality, is a place of aching beauty that (even when not under siege by flood) emanates a palpable anxiety.

Guthridge, who slid into the Chapel Hill hot seat when Dean Smith retired, was recently under siege, when the North Carolina faithful had to bow their heads on selection Sunday and say their prayers.

Stay calm when you're under siege.

McVeigh visited Waco in March 1993, when it was under siege by government troops.

Britain First published my address and telephone number – that's when I felt under siege.