How to Use beleaguered in a Sentence

beleaguered

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• The troops are among the only U.S. forces in the beleaguered nation itself.
  — Steven Lemongello, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• Across the country, the latest Covid-19 surge has hit the beleaguered industry hard yet again.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2022
• Emergency room nurses were especially beleaguered, caring for up to 18 patients at once at one safety-net hospital.
  — New York Times, 5 Feb. 2022
• But an infusion of long-term funding for new hires will not bring immediate relief to beleaguered individual taxpayers or get them their tax refunds any quicker.
  — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
• Furthermore, right now – friends of health care workers working in patient care should greet these beleaguered and exhausted professionals with compassion, as well as a standing ovation.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 31 Jan. 2022
• Several states severed diplomatic ties with the beleaguered country after the Taliban seized power in August.
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 16 Jan. 2022
• The rainout gives the Yankees a day to rest their banged-up and beleaguered bullpen.
  — Ronald Blum, Chron, 17 Oct. 2022
• And even in the face of that threat, Germany has remained slow to spend on its beleaguered forces.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
• For beleaguered movie theaters, the decades-in-the-making film can’t come soon enough.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
• The trend should prompt cheers from beleaguered New Yorkers.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024
• The Lions have long been the NFL’s most woebegone team, its fans the league’s most beleaguered.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
• Others have joined forces with the beleaguered army to defend key cities.
  — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
• The Grapevine might give that beleaguered spot a new beginning.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
• The big league club slogged through 100-loss seasons, but up-and-coming prospects stood out on the farm to give the fan base hope for its beleaguered team.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2024
• For the beleaguered Aussies, MacArthur was nothing less than a savior.
  — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
• The exchange’s staff was in the middle of a crisis meeting with its beleaguered founder, Sam Bankman-Fried.
  — Erin Griffith and David Yaffe-Bellany, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
• Something had to be done to fix their beleaguered pitching staff.
  — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The result is a beleaguered league, which has now become a target of memes and jokes on the Internet.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 5 Aug. 2023
• But help is coming for the beleaguered marines and other Russian troops in Kursk.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
• Kid Rock has had enough of piling onto Bud Light when the beleaguered beer brand is already down.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
• Before last month’s trade deadline, the Mets acquired starter Paul Blackburn from the A’s to help their beleaguered staff.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
• But this season has been a wiping of the slate for those beleaguered supporters.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
• One thing all parties agree on is that a strike would be a disaster for the already beleaguered supply chain in the U.S.
  — Eli M. Rosenberg, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2022
• The move raises more questions about how long the beleaguered British leader can stay in office.
  — Danica Kirka, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
• The 2011 merger of a beleaguered SCB bank involved two other lenders.
  — Aniruddha Ghosal, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024
• The bad news for beleaguered customers is that those long lines and empty shelves may not be going away anytime soon.
  — Alana Semuels, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
• Read full article Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• The storm has dropped even more rain and snow on the beleaguered state and sent thousands of residents racing from rising waters.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• Probably enough to make sure some beleaguered districts had a full staff of counselors, and maybe better food.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
• The increase has depressed the beleaguered housing market, as would-be buyers who'd been gunning for lower rates are backing away and waiting it out.
  — Emily Peck, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024