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
If it came to a duel between the two, she found it easier to believe that Hefferom would be worsted.
From The Golden Web by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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
Unless he grappled with the situation without delay, he would assuredly be worsted.
From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
In the struggle which must come, simple Gabrielle would be worsted.
From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
