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
The aim seems to be to put Sigel and his purposely-reduced and disorganized forces in such a condition and position that he may be worsted or destroyed by the enemy.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
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 Amanda Minnie Douglas
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 N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
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 Hermann Sudermann
