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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Starliner has been beset by technical problems The Starliner failed to reach the I.S.S. during its first mission in 2019.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 1 June 2024
Other California agencies responsible for enforcing labor laws have also been beset by staffing problems and claims of ineffectiveness.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
The anthropologist Laurence Ralph has long written about the search for meaning in lives beset by conflict and crisis.
—Linda Greenhouse, The New York Review of Books, 30 May 2024
He had been diagnosed with a brain tumor in ‘43 but refused surgery and played his last four seasons beset by recurring headaches.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 1 June 2024
Other California agencies responsible for enforcing labor laws have also been beset by staffing problems and claims of ineffectiveness.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
The anthropologist Laurence Ralph has long written about the search for meaning in lives beset by conflict and crisis.
—Linda Greenhouse, The New York Review of Books, 30 May 2024
He had been diagnosed with a brain tumor in ‘43 but refused surgery and played his last four seasons beset by recurring headaches.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
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“Beset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beset. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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