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
She would be worsted in the end, so she went reluctantly.
From In Wild Rose Time by Douglas, Amanda M.
And Cousin Park, knowing herself to be worsted, sighed a great, heaving sigh and looked sadly at the Major's portrait, as though if he had been alive he would have protected her.
From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
He realised that in any passage of arms with these youths he must be worsted, as she apparently was oblivious of any harm being done.
From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann
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
