beleaguered's Usage Examples:

It was beleaguered by the Portuguese in 1660, and in 1705 by the Allies in the War of the Spanish Succession.

In defiance of an army which marched to the relief of the beleaguered city under Yusef the Almoravide, the Cid took Valencia after a siege of nine months, on the 15th of June 10 94 - the richest prize which up to that time had been recovered from the Moors.

Colonel Stoddarts refusal to allow any but British mediators to decide the pending dispute won the day; and that officer was able to report that on the 9th of September Mahommed Shah had mounted his horse and gone from before the walls of the beleaguered city.

The fugitives were pursued and beleaguered by the earl of Morton and Lord Hume, who declared their purpose to rescue the queen from the thraldom of her husband.

from Narva, whence it signalled its approach to the beleaguered fortress, and early on the following morning it advanced in battle array.

The investment of Ladysmith continued till the 28th of February 1900, when, after various attempts to relieve the beleaguered garrison, Sir Redvers Buller's forces at last entered the town.

The negotiations having failed, he marched to relieve the beleaguered garrison of Adigrat; but Menelek, discouraged by the heavy losses at Adowa, broke up his camp and returned southwards Abyssinto Shoa.

The French admiral gave the allies a superiority of naval strength on the coast of Virginia, and Lord Cornwallis, the British commander, was beleaguered in Yorktown.

It had fared worst of all the beleaguered garrisons, and its 22,000 inhabitants were almost at their last gasp when relief came.

Eventually, he reasoned, the hungry hoards would overwhelm the beleaguered food supply.

But what about a reasoned belief based on a balanced look at both history and current reality that leads you to be optimistic?Eventually, he reasoned, the hungry hoards would overwhelm the beleaguered food supply.

With some further fighting en route the expedition reached and occupied Gyantse on the 12th of April; here some of the British forces were subsequently beleaguered, and the most serious fighting took place.

Synonyms:

assail, hem in, surround, ebb, circumvent, seal off, attack, besiege, blockade,

Antonyms:

orient, entangle, snarl, man, defend,