Sentence example with the word 'beset'

beset

abashed, blockade, closed-in, discommode, fence in, hound, kennel, pediculous, pursue, sore beset, work on

Definition v. annoy continually or chronically

Last update: July 21, 2015


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The building of the church was beset with difficulties.   [verb]

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Wesley needed help, for he was beset by difficulties.   [Please select]

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"He may reform," said poor Anne, beset by foe without and traitor within.   [Please select]

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But the men were too fiercely beset by the confusion to notice their loss.   [Please select]

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The position of William was equally beset with difficulties, politically and financially.   [Please select]

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The position of William was beset with perils on every side.   [Please select]

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If you dream of a harlequin, trouble will beset you.   [Please select]

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The difficulties which beset this luckless fellow were only beginning, and what would the end be.   [Please select]

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He was soon beset with problems, not the least of which was the water supply.   [verb]

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He advanced at a hand gallop towards Olifant, and was in the act of demanding why he had thus beset the road, when Olifant called out, "Shoot the traitor."   [verb]

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Set, to suit, to become one; also, to beset.   [verb]

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