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
How certain to be worsted in an argument with an accomplished naturalist who is a sceptic!
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward
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
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
We have been beaten in an election, but I don't think we ought to be worsted in a struggle of generosity and good feeling.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
