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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The scheme has already been beset by legal challenge but the government intends to push forward with it, building on pre-existing arrangements with countries in North Africa to prevent people leaving from there.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Uninterested in eating and beset by unremitting loneliness, Koff lost 45 pounds.
—Judith Graham, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
From the beginning, their relationship has been beset with problems.
—Lori Gottlieb, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
Once inside, convoys were sometimes beset by desperate crowds and armed gangs.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Uninterested in eating and beset by unremitting loneliness, Koff lost 45 pounds.
—Judith Graham, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
From the beginning, their relationship has been beset with problems.
—Lori Gottlieb, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
Once inside, convoys were sometimes beset by desperate crowds and armed gangs.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Beset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beset. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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