Beleaguering Guide

: Challenges can be physical (like a siege) or mental (like anxiety). Guess Who? Meet Becky Larson - City of Lakes Waldorf School

: The feeling of being cut off from the outside world. beleaguering

The village of Oakhaven was not under siege by men or steel, but by the mist. For forty days, a thick, gray veil had clung to the valley floor, the spirit of every person within the gates. It was a heavy, damp presence that muffled the sound of the church bells and turned the noon sun into a pale, ghostly coin. : Challenges can be physical (like a siege)

The mist didn't vanish instantly. But as the heat of a hundred lanterns and the vibration of a thousand voices filled the square, the "beleaguering" weight seemed to lift from their shoulders before it ever left the air. They realized that while the mist could surround their walls, it could only occupy their minds if they let it. The village of Oakhaven was not under siege

: A force that stays long enough to cause exhaustion.