How To Use Siege In A Sentence

For example, the conquering Hittite King Shuppiluliuma I 1344–1322 B.C. stopped in southeastern Anatolia to review his troops and chariots before continuing onward to his goal, the siege of the city of Carchemish. The Trojan War
By then, the town had been well-fortified and withstood a siege of nine weeks before the Mexicans were forced to surrender from starvation. Cinco de Mayo: What is everybody celebrating?
Upon these, and along the walls, which in most castles were topped by a parapet and a kind of embrasure called crennels, the defenders of the castle were stationed during a siege, and from thence discharged arrows, darts, stones, and every kind of annoyance they could procure, upon their enemies. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)
After the death of Sigismund during the siege of Altdorf the horn passed into the keeping of the Temple of Sigmar.
The city of Lyon refused to carry out instructions from Paris and the city was besieged for two months.

The city was under siege and began to run short of food.
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report
A businessman from Manchester fears for his relatives trapped in the besieged city.
The teacher has handed out worksheets describing the weapons and siege engines which could have been used, and she is quizzing pupils about them.
After more than a month of siege warfare, Pemberton surrendered to Grant on 4 July 1863.
To prevent such an assault, defenders were forced to attack the siege engines or their operators to prevent a breach in their fortifications.
I know you've been besieged with requests and we do appreciate it.
In 244 he seized Eryx in Sicily but was unable to raise the siege of Drepana.
It just feeds the religious right's feeling of righteous besiegement while gaining almost nothing in practical terms.
Few aspects of ancient warfare are more conducive to archaeological research than siege mining and countermining.
Even on the other side of the world, Christopher finds himself under siege by fans.
The result is families under siege, war in the streets, the precipitous decline of the rule of law, the rapid rise of corruption, the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit.
The video is extremely shaky, but Cooper and his crew are clearly under siege, and Cooper can be heard saying he's been hit, yelling "calm down" and talking to his camerawoman. WATCH: Anderson Cooper Egypt Attack Video
The loss of the barbican had also this unfortunate effect, that, notwithstanding the superior height of the castle walls, the besieged could not see from them, with the same precision as before, the operations of the enemy; for some straggling underwood approached so near the sallyport of the outwork, that the assailants might introduce into it whatever force they thought proper, not only under cover, but even without the knowledge of the defenders. Ivanhoe
Years of international isolation has led the country to develop a siege mentality.
This summer past, thanks to the lingering soft economy, many vacation rental owners were besieged by vacation and daycation bargain hunters. Realty Times Real Estate News Channel
A situation might call for an Arclite barrage from a division of siege tanks or a deadly battleship salvo of a targeted area.
The besiegement of a people can only erode moderation, foment hatred, and bring Palestinians and Israelis back to darker times. All Roads Lead to Checkpoints
The centre of the city was walled and, with its water and food supply enclosed, could have withstood a long siege.
This was a particularly risky means of concluding a siege as the attackers using ladders would be continually assailed from above on their climb up the walls.
Every besieger promises the commoners that his only enemy is the aristocrat in the citadel: such a maneuver weakens enemy will to resist. New Dan Simmons Story
Industry had always been besieged by insecurities and sinecurism and Department A was not the exception.
Constructing Ballista Towers atop settlement walls allows a defending force to shower any attackers with iron bolts, a sensible improvement for almost any siege scenario.
This being the recognised time to give alms, I was besieged by beggars, who spread their napkins before us on the ground, sprinkled with a few coppers to excite generosity.
At around 6 p.m. Buenos Aires time, 19 hours after declaring a state of siege, De la Rua announced his intention to resign.
The besieged town hasn't enough food to see the month out.
At sea the crusaders maintained a naval blockade, breached by daring blockade-runners or professional swimmers who delivered messages to the besieged garrison. Times, Sunday Times
Twice a day a huge, medieval siege catapult launches a fireball in battle. The Sun
Cesare Borgia, the son of the pope Ezio kills near the end of ACII, is laying siege. Kotaku
Palestinian IT Association (PITA) reports on the IT sector in Gaza, "We are able to export software and communication systems to the Middle East", "but the siege is our biggest obstacle" referring to the limitation on technologies Israel allows into Gaza. Hani Almadhoun: Cloud Computing & Outmaneuvering the Gaza Siege
But it seems the command and control of this siege operation lacked all those things. The Sun
Investigators and prosecutors must be seen to attack with full force the betrayers of the public trust who are aligned with the gangsters, racketeers and terrorists keeping this country under siege.
By December 1139, Unur was in open revolt against Zengi's authority, and Zengi laid siege to the city, without success.
[) S] abac from the Hungarians, expressed a legitimate Byzantine policy; and the siege of Malta, one of his latest ventures, might also be defended as The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey
Roxburgh Castle was proof against all but prolonged siege and heavy artillery.
The prophecy, probably, contemplates ultimately, besides the affliction and deliverance in Sennacherib's time, the destruction of Jerusalem by Rome, the dispersion of the Jews, their restoration, the destruction of the enemies that besiege the city (Zec 14: 2), and the final glory of Israel (Isa 29: 17-24). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Under the state of siege, the police could arrest suspects without charges or warrants.
SIEGEL: Somewhere in my house, in a box of childhood memorabilia, is a small button that I received in the second grade. Book Review: Philip Roth's 'Nemesis'
I don't think I'm in the ranks of people who are besieged by the paparazzi.
The generous outreach to Sunnis is widely viewed as a profound betrayal by Bahrain's rulers and feeds Shiite perceptions of second-class status and being under siege from what they call a "mercenary" security force. The Seattle Times
Similar protests were held in other towns, where the party and regional authority's headquarters were besieged by angry demonstrators.
And as a crash course in Roman siege tactics and military engineering, it could hardly be bettered. Times, Sunday Times
-- The obsidional, or _siege pieces_, struck by the partizans of this monarch during the civil wars, are extremely interesting, and, with the exception of those coined at Newark, are all rare. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832
The President vowed on Saturday to hold his besieged capital against rebels pressing hard from the outskirts.
The attack, when it came, was ill co-ordinated, and the city resisted with more determination than its besiegers had ever expected.
By 1216 the castle was sufficiently strong to withstand a siege by forces opposed to King John.
Citizens were forced to flee the besieged city.
He has arrived with his virtually unconquerable army and besieged Jerusalem.
The pro-Mousavi supporters were being aimed by the besieged, which is the government-funded militia. CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2009
The enemy besieged in a few strongholds capitulated on the condition that they would be granted to return home voluntarily.
Years of international isolation has led the country to develop a siege mentality.
Siegemaster was fourth in the 3m novices 'hurdle at last season's Festival and is trained by a shrewdie, Dessie Hughes, who boasts a fine record at the meeting. Undefined
As a native of the area around Mobile, Alabama, a place long ridiculed by many as the nation's stepchild, it amused me that what was disdained as a redneck corner of the universe populated by ignorant and racist whites and besieged blacks became the "sunbelt" in the 1970s and as soon as those "cheeseheads" arrived in "crackerland" with no more need for their snowtires and discovered giant flying cockroaches and mildew among other horrors and complained mightily about the tropics they had naively sought, they became disenchanted. Lake Level Sucks 11-19-05
Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years, with large increase of freedom. Happy Thanksgiving (Blog for Democracy)
In 1836 the British Legion helped raise the siege of San Sebastián, and regular Royal Marines arrived to garrison a nearby port.
But the train is equipped to withstand a long siege. Times, Sunday Times
He was apparently the only reporter in the city when U.S. forces were enforcing a crippling siege.
In June 1176 Richard laid siege to Limoges; after a few days resistance Aimar's citadel capitulated.
Having consolidated the line between the Catholic south and the rebellious north, he set about quartering the United Provinces by capturing strategic towns in a long succession of sieges.
The regime did not honour its commitment to open humanitarian corridors to Aleppo and other besieged areas. Times, Sunday Times
Workers besiege police barracks and surround the paratroopers attacking the soldiers, arguing with them.
The city succumbed after only a short siege.
I should add that MP was not besieged with articles while I was there, despite the journal's age and relative prestige; the non-existent backfile caused some alarm would we actually run out of articles? MSS
Tracking back in support of his besieged full-back, Arjen Robben seemed in control as he nursed the ball towards the end-line and used his superior size to hold off Messi.
And, more than sixty years on from the siege, the compelling attraction of music in this place is evidently still felt by ordinary citizens.
Most contemporary commanders used their troops in a slow, expensive, attritional warfare based on sieges of selected fortified cities or fortresses.
I yearn for those days when everything was full of wonder and fun, when kids could play cowboys and Indians in the street with toy guns that did not cause an armed police siege.
And Heidi Metcalfe and Jill Siegel, our PR superwomen, who leave no stone unturned to find every possible media opportunity. Love For No Reason
_He was born eleven ages before the siege of Troy, and he is said to have lived nine ages; and according to some eleven_. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)
When the assaults failed, Grant settled into conventional siege warfare.
SARAJEVO - The United Nations prepared to escort hundreds of women, children and elderly civilians from the besieged Bosnian capital of Sarajevo after their evacuation was delayed for weeks, ANC Daily News Briefing
Although the largest, oldest and densest Jewish community was in Jerusalem, which the Jordanians besieged several months before Israel beame independent and, during the War of Indepenence, expelled all Jews from the City. The Volokh Conspiracy » Birnbaum on Human Rights Watch and Israel
If Canadians wanted to persecute their wolves, there was no need to ship them south; Canis lupus is sufficiently under siege in the "great white north," with provincial governments scapegoating wolves for everything from the precipitous decline of mountain caribou to the near-extinction of the Vancouver Island marmot. Chris Genovali: The Death Cults Among Us
Battle lines were drawn: Henry brought up forces to besiege the town, while Henry the Younger was joined by troops from his brother Geoffrey and the new king Philip of France.
During the English Civil War, the castle was held by Royalist supporters throughout three sieges resulting in it being largely demolished after 1649.
Zenobia was unable to remove her treasury at Emesa before Aurelian successfully entered and besieged Emesa. The Romance of Zenobia's Palmyra
While holding siege to the city of Thebes, Jupiter threw a thunderbolt at Capaneus who did not fall, but died standing up.
The hostage taker, a disgruntled former policeman armed with an assault rifle, was killed by police during a 9-hour siege shown live on TV.
The hotel staff are involved in an armed siege (above) in the season finale. The Sun
And thus they went so long till that they came to the Siege Perilous, where they found letters newly written of gold which said: Four hundred winters and four and fifty accomplished after the passion of our Lord Jesu Christ ought this siege to be fulfilled. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
Harden's Rebels had the city besieged, circumvallated and bottled in a double fosse. The Black Company
In a running battle that took a heavy toll of British soldiers' lives, the New England militia forced the redcoats back to Boston and besieged the port city.
M. Carnot was of opinion, that it was necessary, to declare the country in danger, call the federates and national guards to arms, place Paris in a state of siege, defend it, at the last extremity retire behind the Loire, form intrenchments there, recall the army of Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II
One Dörnberg became a county supervisor in Siegen, another became one in Fulda, and then a great grandfather was a high officer in the church government -- not a clerical position, but an official in the church in Köningsberg, East Prussia. Tales from a Hilltop Castle
During those forty-eight hours, the big howitzer, which is the type of the heavy German siege train -- the 225 mm. -- was brought up, and it is possible that a couple of the still larger Austrian pieces of 280 mm. (what we call in this country the 11-inch), which are constructed with flat treadles to their wheels to fire from mats laid on any reasonably hard surface (such as a roadway), had been brought up as well. A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase
Casualties have been streaming out of the besieged city of Homs, which is under heavy bombardment by Assad's forces. Syria: live from the frontline in Homs
But are we to explain this, and the absence of mention of corslets in the Odyssey (where there is little about regular fighting), on the ground that the author of _Iliad_, Book X., and all the many authors and editors of the _Odyssey_ happened to be profound archaeologists, and, unlike their contemporaries, the later poets and interpolators of the _Iliad_, had formed the theory that corslets were not known at the time of the siege of Troy and therefore must not be mentioned? Homer and His Age
Already, we've got presumptuous soccer powerhouses in flames; clotheshorse managers who appear to be angling for invites aboard Valentino's yacht; referees under siege; and unforgettably melodramatic acting. Now Appearing in South Africa: Les Mis
_Now_ will you read me the 'funnies'?" is the dread sentence which opens the siege. Love Conquers All
An early morning taxi takes us to the bus station, where I am besieged by beggars.
Earth from the ditch was piled into a second wall, and in the large No Man's Land which existed inside these siegeworks no tree or object tall enough to serve as a battering ram was left standing. Fortune's Favorites
And shortly, in her armies' unremitting retreat, the great fortress of Przemysl was abandoned to siege.
The government has essentially placed the music industry in a siege, threatening the seizure of property without cooperation.
The onfall and sally of the earler evangelistic campaigns are now aided by the investment and siege of educational and medical work. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index
Calculation How is food to be rationed - on the journey; expedition; during the siege?
Morrison finds herself the hostage of a violent psychopath, trapped in a siege that cannot end without bloodshed.
The other five hostages had been released earlier in the siege. Times, Sunday Times
A prolonged siege on the Hull goal roused the home crowd. Times, Sunday Times
I am besieged by people who want to talk about leadership, leadership, leadership. Times, Sunday Times
According to the head of the Greek Orthodox parish for Bethlehem, Father Speridon, the mass was a reconsecration since the church marking the spot where Jesus was born had been desecrated during the siege.
These should be noted, before one views the siege as baseline myth for the interpretation of everyday life.
Ultimately, using the escalade as a form of attack proved too expensive and difficult to implement in all but the weakest castle sieges.
In a few Ehn, as we were making our way through a corner of the camp, we would presumably encounter some contravallation, some outer lines or ditches, setup to protect the besiegers against possible attack by an outside, relieving force. Mercenaries Of Gor
About this period a "desperado" of world-wide fame named Harry Tracy was raising a siege of terror in the State of Oregon, having committed over a dozen murders, and successfully baffled the police. From Paris to New York by Land
So drivers are increasingly being besieged with mailshots, particularly as their policy comes up for renewal.
Assis sur le siege passager avant de la voiture de severine je comate la tete appuyé au careau, legerement incliné pour lire les doc 'amassé au forum. Pinku-tk Diary Entry
But they must return to India fully focused and recharged and without a siege mentality. The Sun
They also were significant in limited tactical actions close to the shore such as the prosecution or relief of sieges.
Along with legitimate claims, a series of objectors - one was known as "Queen Sister" - peppered him with questions including whether he was a communist, had caused the 1993 siege at Waco, Texas, and was familiar with the term "smiling like a butcher's dog. Kansas City Star: Front Page
Combined with recruiting units from the barracks, you can easily, when conditions arise, build armies with a score of siege weapons and a legion of men.
He was a gentleman-at-arms who attended Henry VIII at The Siege of Boulogne in 1544.
Also, if you want to try to relive current UO like it kidna was, why not play on Siege Perilous? Ultima Online R.I.P.
Following their victory at Barletta the French successfully besieged the area whilst the Spanish looked on from their new position at Cosenza. Archive 2007-10-01
Armed police placed the city centre under a virtual state of siege while the trial continued.
Fair sir, said the damosel, abate not your cheer for all this sight, for ye must courage yourself, or else ye be all shent, for all these knights came hither to this siege to rescue my sister Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
It's a bright idea to have crooked cops besiege the police station so that the good cops and their prisoners have to join forces to repel the invaders.
Notwithstanding this weak invention, Italy was still afflicted, Rome was again besieged, and the suburb of Classe, only three miles from Ravenna, was pillaged and occupied by the troops of a simple duke of Spoleto. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The siege mentality has brought a togetherness that would have been unimaginable a matter of months ago. Times, Sunday Times
That oughtest thou to know and no man better, said the good man, for thou knewest the daughter of king Pelles fleshly, and on her thou begattest Galahad, and that was he that at the feast of Pentecost sat in the Siege Perilous; and therefore make thou it known openly that he is one of thy begetting on King Pelles daughter, for that will be your worship and honour, and to all thy kindred. Chapter IV. The Fifteenth Book. How the Hermit Expounded to Sir Launcelot His Vision, and Told Him That Sir Galahad Was His Son
It was about laying waste enemy territory, about the pursuit of a retreating army, about sieges.
English ships were summoned to bring reinforcements to the siege and to blockade the port from the sea. Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler
The Siege Museum is full of memorabilia and provides vivid portrayals of battles and conditions inside the town during the siege.
Publicans have been besieged with complaints about unpleasant smells in their establishments since the ban on smoking in public places was introduced last month.
Armed paramilitary police placed central Turin under a virtual state of siege for the hearing on Saturday morning.
The press photographers besieged the movie star
Against all odds, they succeeded first in repulsing the original attack and then in holding the enemy at bay for almost two weeks while being besieged without re-supply.
I am besieged with commissions, literally besieged.
She had passed through the Empire, she had lived through a siege, had rubbed shoulders with the Commune, had seen everything, no doubt, of what men are capable in the pursuit of their desires or in the extremity of their distress, for love, for money, and even for honour; and in her precarious connection with the very highest spheres she had kept her own honourability unscathed while she had lost all her prejudices. The Arrow of Gold : A Story Between Two Notes
For every useless mouth in a beleaguered place adds to the difficulties of the defenders and facilitates the task of the besiegers.
After the break, however, England came more to the fore in the centre of the park and the Rovers midfielder spent most of the half on the back foot as his team came under siege.
Trains, protected by railway sleepers and metal plates, were used - also in the Franco-Prussian war when four were fitted out to defend Paris during the siege.
The siege had come to a brutal and ugly end, but the full horrific scale of the crisis had not yet revealed itself.
The siege had shown that, with artillery, Henry V had the capability of fulfilling his military ambition.
Napoleon III fell from power and in 1870, Hugo witnessed the siege of Paris.
Mr. Siegel apostrophized, referring to the company's CEO. Gospel According to Its TV Execs
The Queen immediately hastened to Mon-Bijou; and what de - solation was there visible I never beheld any thing like it: indeed, I think Jerusalem, after its siege and capture, could not have presented such another scene. Memoirs of Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina : princess royal of Prussia, margravine of Bareith, sister of Frederick the Great
Matthew McConaughey, who sadly owns no upper-body garments, is the most notorious beneficiary of the besiegement ruse. Eric Dezenhall: Crashing Nowhere: The Salahis' Interminable Exit
His success as a melodramatist may have been responsible for an occasional, unhelpful reliance on artifice, and for certain antiquated strains in the structure of books such as The Siege of Pleasure and Hangover Square. Giddy & Malevolent
The siege finally ended the following day when troops stormed the building.
The Kremlin, which local people accuse of tragically mishandling the siege and its aftermath, was also targeted.
It was armed with a cache of stuffed animals and sparkles with the intent of staging a mock siege of the fenced-in leaders.
No one could, and the horrible creature devoured man after man until the city was in a state of siege.
The seven-hour armed siege at the school ended peacefully.
Unconventional contrivances and machina arcana include a range of desktop siege weapons including miniature trebuchets, ballistae, and mangonels.
In 1529 he besieged Vienna; and though he failed to capture the Hapsburg capital, yet at a still later period he exacted from the German Emperor The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09
The legendary frontiersman is seldom sober, and by the time of the siege he is too sick and delirious with typhoid to hold his eponymous knife.
In June 1900, supported by the Manchu dynasty, the Boxers laid siege to the foreign legations in Peking.
Bury laid siege to the Kirby Lonsdale 22 for the first ten minutes and having won three successive line-outs should have kept the ball tight in the forwards and rucked and mauled their way to the line.
The well was outside, and no one had thought to supply water before the siege.
Merlin alights from Siege Perilous -- one of the chair from the Round Table -- and is startled to discover he's been asleep for 1500 years. The WritingYA Weblog: Merlin Revisited: The Seventh Chair
Albert, vowed not to change her linen till Ostend was taken; this siege, unluckily for her comfort, lasted three years; and the supposed colour of the archduchess's linen gave rise to a fashionable colour, hence called _l'Isabeau_, or the Isabella; a kind of whitish-yellow-dingy. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
‘I grew up with it, getting to know the various places of battles, skirmishes, sieges, ambuscades, ancient strongholds and war trails,’ wrote William.
It was armed with a cache of stuffed animals and sparkles with the intent of staging a mock siege of the fenced-in leaders.
Theiner: Histoire des deux concordats de la république française et de la république cisalpine conclus en 1801 et 1813, entre Napoléon Bonaparte et le Saint-Siège.] The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.)
She asked them about their lives before the war, their experiences during the siege of Warsaw, the impact of the first stages of occupation on their lives, how they responded to German regulations that stripped them of rights and possessions, their efforts to cope with the increasing pauperization of their families in the ghetto and how they dealt with the starvation, diseases and unemployment in the ghetto. Cecila Slepak.
The city succumbed after only a short siege.
In the meantime, troops have continued to impose a tightened siege on the area, and electricity and water supplies have been cut.
A few older men hurried home with hastily purchased groceries, battening down for a siege. Day of Honey
The little hill station of Kohima, north of Imphal and on the road to the important railhead of Dimapur, was encircled, but held out in an epic siege.
This fortress could withstand a siege for years if necessary.
Then he falls for Mary Elizabeth Winstead's magenta-haired, punk rollerblader Ramona Flowers, and learns that he might soon be besieged by her jealous exes. 'Scott Pilgrim': Taking On The World, An Ex At A Time
As the Orthodox 40-day period of mourning to mark the death of more than 350 people in the siege came to an end, she found herself blamed by many locals for the tragedy.
I think I would handle a meeting with Mr. Siegel very badly.
Even in wartime, the army was forbidden to cut down fruit trees, unless they were actually being used as bulwarks in defending against a siege.
At least 30 people were reported dead, and residents speaking by phone said the town was besieged by tanks. Times, Sunday Times
Corinthians seized66 on the heights of Geraneia, and thence made a descent with their allies into the Megarian territory, thinking that the Athenians, who had so large a force absent in Aegina and in Egypt, would be unable to assist the Megarians; or, if they did; would be obliged to raise the siege of Aegina. The History of the Peloponnesian War
But the games of bouchon were the most amusing thing of all, and that famous game of galoche, which the Breton militia had brought into fashion during the siege. The Child Spy
How can anyone talk when they haven't lifted the siege? Times, Sunday Times
The protestors have laid siege to his dacha and to the presidential palace in the city.
The first warning of this to the besieged was another volley, which sent bullets through the windows and the crack in the door, without doing the slightest injury. Janice Meredith
Standing on top of the battlements of the besieged city of Cardwell, Raven carefully took stock of the enemy armies encamped outside the stout Roman walls that had kept the besiegers at bay for almost a year.
Not even Vicenzo da Lozzo, the letter-writer, was glad of the day, although people besieged his desk under the court-house loggia, and were more than willing to pay him a soldo a word, if they only might write a line of farewell on this their last day to their dear ones far away. The Miracles of Antichrist: A Novel
In the space of a year, Hook has gone from the besieged to the besieger, from the defender to the attacker. Victory by Longbow
Mark Siegel of the blog 19th Floor, who has spinal muscular atrophy, is the subject of a feature article in Law & Politics, a legal magazine out of Minnesota. Boing Boing: February 8, 2004 - February 14, 2004 Archives
Scotch regiment then besieged in Trailsund, saying they heard there was a ship come from Denmark to them laden with tobacco pipes, “One of our soldiers,” says Colonel Robert Munro, “showing them over the work a morgenstern, made of a large stock banded with iron, like the shaft of a halberd, with a round globe at the end with cross iron pikes, saith, A Legend of Montrose
Our lively zaptieh cheered the route with an instructive tale of the siege of a certain kula we passed, by soldiers from Scutari sent to collect cattle-tax. High Albania
The radio station was besieged with calls from angry listeners.
Behind him was a narrow isthmus leading to Charlestown, and before him was his goal: the besieged city of Boston.
Richards claimed he acted in self-defence after Pagett opened fire on him during a siege.
Before they withdrew, Waikato and Te Maniapoto piled their dead on the roof of the temporary whare they'd built during the siege, setting fire to them so they couldn't be eaten by the enemy.
When Ahenobarbus taxed him in the House with deliberate destruction of Roman property — siegeworks and camps especially — Lucullus simply looked down his nose and said he thought the new governor would want to start in his own way. The First Man in Rome
Then messengers were sent eftsoon to Siegmund, that he might know, and Siegelind, too, that his son would come with Lady The Nibelungenlied
Rebel fighters had earlier rejected a deal allowing the regime to reassert control over the area in return for lifting a punishing siege. Times, Sunday Times
Through the sheeting rain, I picked out a siege of herons.
During the time of the siege, the young Moorish and Spanish cavaliers vied with each other in extravagant bravadoes. The Alhambra
Game on, or at least one would have thought, but instead of retaining the initiative, they allowed Nemo to lift the siege and find open ground, which they used to far greater effect than the losers.
On the side of the besieged was a figure that soon attracted great notice by promenading under fire. The Cloister and the Hearth
All of these systems meld together to create what we feel is the most accurate depiction of siege warfare and castle life ever portrayed in a computer game.
Many also had sons, daughters, or wives who opposed the war, fueling the sense of besiegement.
A siege of herons flew up from the bayou across the road.
Armed police placed the city centre under a virtual state of siege while the trial continued.
In April 655, Osman's palace was besieged by rebels.
A torrent of people rushed from their office buildings throughout the capital, eager to leave a city under siege.
Richmondshire Rifle and Pistol Club members fear a public backlash against their sport after an armed siege in Darlington.
The siege lasted almost four months.

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