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
But in the engagement the dragon shall be worsted, and oppressed by the wickedness of the conqueror.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
She has tact to avoid the conflict in which she would be worsted.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various
To shrink from discussion would be to confess weakness; to suffer themselves to be worsted in discussion would be seriously to imperil their power.
From Congressional Government A Study in American Politics by Woodrow Wilson
They were sure Erkki, too, would be worsted, but he wasn’t.
From Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Parker Fillmore
