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

Moreover, Williams Cache, it was conceded, would in the end be worsted if the company and the cowmen together seriously undertook with men and unlimited money to clean it out.

From Whispering Smith by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

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

On a subsequent occasion, however, it was St. Thomas' turn to be worsted in a similar contest of holy humility.

From Saint Bonaventure The Seraphic Doctor Minister-General of the Franciscan Order by Costelloe, Laurence