| All these developments have pushed the country toward a state of fearful embattlement. |
| His city has a sense of embattlement these days, reminiscent of London in the blitz. |
| The essay reflected his new community's sense of embattlement. |
| Increasingly, there seems a sense of embattlement among them, as they put up the ramparts against a UK Government they have convinced themselves is on an anti-Welsh crusade. |
| While that seems unlikely any time soon, such experiences of terror and embattlement have shaped the way Mr. Maliki governs. |
| Furthermore, when I thought about my own family, something about White's critique of Kemalism felt familiar: the sense of embattlement and paranoia. |
