be worsted
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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 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
Jarír's fame as a satirist stood so high that to be worsted by him was reckoned a greater distinction than to vanquish any one else.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson
She would be worsted in the end, so she went reluctantly.
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
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