Beleaguer sentence example

beleaguer
  • In the result, Tippoo Sultan submitted when Lord Cornwallis had commenced to beleaguer his capital.
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  • For Edward took his ~Ca~t,~we of army to beleaguer Calais, and after blockading it for nearly a year forced it to surrender.
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  • Seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war.
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