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

That would inevitably mean direct conflict in which she was sure to be worsted.

From A Woman's Burden by Hume, Fergus

It was generally conceded that any one who was so unfortunate as to have a transaction with him was certain to be worsted, or at least to get the small end of the trade.

From Life Gleanings by Macon, T. J.

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

O shame to Britain, and the British name, Shame damps my heart, and I must die with shame— Thus to be worsted, thus disgraced and beat!—

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Freneau, Philip