be worsted
Example Sentences
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But to Propagandist Franklin-Bouillion logic is something which can always be worsted by appeals to passion.
From Time Magazine Archive
The aim seems to be to put Sigel and his purposely-reduced and disorganized forces in such a condition and position that he may be worsted or destroyed by the enemy.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
O shame to Britain, and the British name, Shame damps my heart, and I must die with shame— Thus to be worsted, thus disgraced and beat!—
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Philip Freneau
Jarír's fame as a satirist stood so high that to be worsted by him was reckoned a greater distinction than to vanquish any one else.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson
There followed a certain amount of bickering, during which the general allowed himself to be worsted.
From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Rex Ellingwood Beach
