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

But with his weapon useless, and Larry rushing into the room, Tugh must have felt that for all his strength and fighting skill he would be worsted in this encounter.

From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various

Moreover, Williams Cache, it was conceded, would in the end be worsted if the company and the cowmen together seriously undertook with men and unlimited money to clean it out.

From Whispering Smith by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

God is love, God is our Father, we are His children; therefore the darkest clouds will break, and though right be worsted, wrong shall not triumph.

From The Optimist's Good Morning by Perin, Florence Hobart

To shrink from discussion would be to confess weakness; to suffer themselves to be worsted in discussion would be seriously to imperil their power.

From Congressional Government A Study in American Politics by Wilson, Woodrow