How to Use beleaguered in a Sentence

beleaguered

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• For the beleaguered hospital staff, there was just not enough time and too much to do.
  — Jaime Herndon, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2021
• But Humphrey’s convalescent play has been a glimmer of hope for the beleaguered unit.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
• Reinforcements are on the way for a banged-up, beleaguered Colts secondary.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2021
• That is great news for anyone hoping to enter a crowded office or school any time soon, and should give a boost to beleaguered industries such as travel and hospitality.
  — Charley Grant, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
• However, a new study reveals that when private equity firms bring in new leadership to a beleaguered company, the new managers are mostly male.
  — Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• If the other individual declines, your last resort is to bring the matter to the attention of the beleaguered conductor.
  — Thomas P. Farley, chicagotribune.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• That could have huge implications for the way businesses operate and the future of Portland’s beleaguered downtown.
  — oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2021
• His vow to rejuvenate a beleaguered economy and labor market has been hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
  — New York Times, 31 Oct. 2021
• Texas lawmakers are hoping an overhaul of how board members are selected to lead the state’s electricity grid will help restore credibility for the beleaguered agency.
  — Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2021
• Martinez and other cadets have an outsized job before them: help transform a beleaguered police agency struggling to reinvent itself amid a national crisis of confidence in policing.
  — David McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• 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 troops are among the only U.S. forces in the beleaguered nation itself.
  — Steven Lemongello, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Feb. 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
• Across the country, the latest Covid-19 surge has hit the beleaguered industry hard yet again.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2022
• 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

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