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.
• The siege of the building is, in the end, the least of it.
  — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
• The siege of Leningrad alone had one million of victims.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
• Shelling and street fighting leveled the city over a three-month siege.
  — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2023
• Cannons date back to the Middle Ages, when they were first used as siege weapons.
  — Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 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
• After weeks of a ceaseless air war and a near-total siege, Gazans feel trapped.
  — Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Springer started out with shows about the Waco siege and the Iran-contra scandal.
  — Irina Aleksander, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• 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
• Wagner troops have borne the brunt of the fighting in some of the war’s fiercest battles, including the bloody siege of Bakhmut.
  — Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
• In the siege, there’s sand pouring into the Fremen’s stronghold.
  — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
• The walkout was part of a national protest calling for Israel to end its siege of Gaza.
  — Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• The report said the crossbeam and a bright orange noose were added during the 1 p.m. hour on Jan. 6, as the rioting and the siege of the Capitol began.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024
• Israel vows their siege of Gaza will not end until hostages are released.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Israel quickly struck Beirut airport, laid siege on its sea ports and declared the airspace closed.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
• The siege began shortly after Trump delivered a 75-minute speech at a park south of the White House, known as the Ellipse.
  — Dell Cameron, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2023
• But in the time since, Israel's siege has largely harmed civilians and many activists have called for a ceasefire.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
• While Henry was out of the country, gangs laid siege to Haiti’s main airport to prevent his safe return.
  — Anneclaire Stapleton, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
• Israel has said the siege will only be lifted when the captives are returned.
  — TIME, 15 Oct. 2023
• Lauko laid siege to Winnipeg’s net on a standout shift in the second period.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
• The hospital has said multiple patients have died as a result of the siege.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2024
• After a 51-day siege of the property, FBI agents attacked on April 19 using tear gas.
  — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• But his experience living through the city's siege changed his mind.
  — Mike Corder, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• After a siege, the building caught fire, and more than seventy people died.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Gaza is in ruins, with Israeli forces laying siege to the entire strip and leveling swaths of the enclave.
  — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2023
• Russian forces all but destroyed the city during a months-long siege before seizing it last spring.
  — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
• Invader first laid siege to Paris, mounting a hundred and forty-seven pieces in 1998 alone.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• For months, Russian forces have laid siege to the city, where Ukraine’s army said Sunday its defenders had repelled attacks in the north.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2023
• Israel declared a full-scale siege of Gaza in a bid to oust the militant group Hamas, which was behind the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024