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

I have been paying more attention to these things of late, and I feel that in the end we shall be worsted.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

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

If it came to a duel between the two, she found it easier to believe that Hefferom would be worsted.

From The Golden Web by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

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