beset; besetting
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: to set or stud with or as if with ornaments
a crown beset with rubies
… leaves, whose edges were beset with thorns …—
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Examples of beset in a Sentence
A lack of money is the greatest problem besetting the city today.
he's been beset by a lack of self-confidence virtually his entire life
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His hero would have to struggle with the political battle that had beset Mann during the war.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Harris became the Democratic nominee this summer after Biden, beset by questions about his age and poor poll numbers, dropped out of the race but quickly consolidated the Party behind her.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
The weather was still clear and the wind was out of the northwest at 10 to 15 knots, but the long Pacific rollers that beset that coast so much of the time were growing in size.
—Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
It was beset by problems from the start: some technical, some logistical, some the effects of poor planning and management.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Harris became the Democratic nominee this summer after Biden, beset by questions about his age and poor poll numbers, dropped out of the race but quickly consolidated the Party behind her.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
The weather was still clear and the wind was out of the northwest at 10 to 15 knots, but the long Pacific rollers that beset that coast so much of the time were growing in size.
—Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
It was beset by problems from the start: some technical, some logistical, some the effects of poor planning and management.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Beset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beset. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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