All 5 Uses of
beleaguered
in
The Return of the King
- Five nights and days east and onward rode the Eorlingas through Folde and Fenmarch and the Firienwood, six thousand spears to Sunlending, Mundburg the mighty under Mindolluin, Sea-kings' city in the South-kingdom foe-beleaguered, fire-encircled.†
Chpt 5.3
- The plain was dark with their marching companies, and as far as eyes could strain in the mirk there sprouted, like a foul fungus-growth, all about the beleaguered city great camps of tents, black or sombre red.†
Chpt 5.4
- The light was more dim than ever as they drew nearer to the beleaguered city, and the Riders passed in long files like dark shadows of men and horses.†
Chpt 5.5 *
- The onslaught of Mordor broke like a wave on the beleaguered hills, voices roaring like a tide amid the wreck and crash of arms.†
Chpt 6.4
- Out from the beleaguered hills knights of Gondor, Riders of Rohan, Dunedain of the North, close-serried companies, drove against their wavering foes, piercing the press with the thrust of bitter spears.†
Chpt 6.4
Definition:
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(beleaguered) troubled -- especially when surrounded by enemy forces