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
He was too honest himself not to be worsted by such a speech.
From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
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 Nicholson, Reynold
She would be worsted in the end, so she went reluctantly.
From In Wild Rose Time by Douglas, Amanda M.
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
