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
“Well, lad, mainly that Jonas Harding, who was as quick on the trail and as good a woodsman as myself, should be worsted by a mad buck; it seems downright impossible, Nuck.”
From With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by W. Bertram Foster
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 Anthony Trollope
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 Edward Hitchcock
If you think––” “Are you all ready?” interrupted Barnes, hastily, 364 knowing he would be worsted in any argument with this veteran player.
From The Strollers by Harrison Fisher
