By July 1860 the town was reported to be in a state of siege.

Within a day, the camp was in a state of siege.

On 30 July 1796 the state of siege was raised in the western departments.

And, presently, we began to live in a state of siege.

But they signal on another level that we are in a state of siege.

Another measure was to stand down the state of siege.

Actually, the Americans were close to being in a state of siege now, but it hadn't been made official.

For people in the neighborhood, it was like a state of siege.

We should spend that period in virtually a state of siege.

Most people do not live in a permanent state of siege.