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 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
O shame to Britain, and the British name, Shame damps my heart, and I must die with shame— Thus to be worsted, thus disgraced and beat!—
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Freneau, Philip
He was too honest himself not to be worsted by such a speech.
From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
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
