How to Use siege in a Sentence

siege

noun
  • The city is in a state of siege.
  • The castle was built to withstand a siege.
  • This is a clear threat of a siege, right?
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • During the siege, more than 90 men died.
    — Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Details of the three-hour siege began to emerge.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2026
  • The military broke the siege this year.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Shelling and street fighting leveled the city over a three-month siege.
    — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2023
  • If your household feels under siege right now, the data backs you up.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • If your household feels under siege right now, the data backs you up.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • However, their season played out as a siege.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • His wife, his 14-year-old son and a marshal had been shot dead during the siege.
    — Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Israel vows their siege of Gaza will not end until hostages are released.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The military broke more than yearlong siege on the city early last year.
    — ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • After weeks of a ceaseless air war and a near-total siege, Gazans feel trapped.
    — Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But his experience living through the city's siege changed his mind.
    — Mike Corder, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Cannons date back to the Middle Ages, when they were first used as siege weapons.
    — Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Death threats and doxxing and a siege on leadership — or lack thereof — are the discourse.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Israel has said the siege will only be lifted when the captives are returned.
    — TIME, 15 Oct. 2023
  • So in the worst sieges in Syria, people could smuggle themselves in and out.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The military broke the siege earlier this year.
    — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Russian forces all but destroyed the city during a months-long siege before seizing it last spring.
    — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
  • After a siege, the building caught fire, and more than seventy people died.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Pinned beneath the beast, the bloody young officer heaves himself to his feet and carries on with the siege.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
  • At least three of the dead – two children and one teacher – were still alive throughout the 77-minute siege.
    — Rachel Clarke, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The siege had lasted five hundred days, more than three times as long as the siege of Stalingrad.
    — Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Israel quickly struck Beirut airport, laid siege on its sea ports and declared the airspace closed.
    — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The hospital has said multiple patients have died as a result of the siege.
    — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • In the siege, there’s sand pouring into the Fremen’s stronghold.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Lauko laid siege to Winnipeg’s net on a standout shift in the second period.
    — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • In the same month the Germans encircled Leningrad and began the siege of the city.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

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