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 in the engagement the dragon shall be worsted, and oppressed by the wickedness of the conqueror.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

She was a lady stronger than her husband;—stronger in this, that she never allowed herself to be worsted in any encounter.

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony

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 De Gurowski, Adam G., count

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 Beach, Rex Ellingwood