No. 8,651 in French
assiégée
Besieged.
In a sentence
La ville assiégée résistait avec courage.
The besieged city resisted courageously.
Here, 'assiégée' is used as an adjective describing the city, indicating it is under siege or surrounded by enemies.
Elle se sentait assiégée par ses problèmes quotidiens.
She felt besieged by her daily problems.
In this sentence, 'assiégée' describes a metaphorical sense of being overwhelmed or surrounded by issues.
Les troupes assiégeaient la forteresse depuis des semaines.
The troops had been besieging the fortress for weeks.
'Assiégeaient' here is the verb form referring to the act of surrounding and attacking a location.
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