Sieges
[si:dʒz]
Examples
- They have braved the storms and sieges of three thousand years, and have been shaken by many an earthquake, but still they stand. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was left in the air, incapable of conducting sieges or establishing conquests. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One word, in truth, had alarmed her more than battles or sieges, during which she trusted Raymond's high command would exempt him from danger. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Before his time catapults had been used in sieges, but never in battles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gibraltar has stood several protracted sieges, one of them of nearly four years' duration (it failed), and the English only captured it by stratagem. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There followed the most obstinate and dreadful of sieges. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For the standing of sieges Semitic peoples hold the palm. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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