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UK
/bɪsˈɛt/
]
[ US /bɪˈsɛt/ ]
[ US /bɪˈsɛt/ ]
VERB
- decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
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assail or attack on all sides:
The zebra was beset by leopards -
annoy continually or chronically
He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
This man harasses his female co-workers
How To Use beset In A Sentence
- Yet his paranoid fear of plots and conspiracies beset him to the end of his life. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
- An affectionate arm around the shoulders, a warm and reassuring hug, a gentle touch upon the arm, even just an understanding glance, are enough to drive away the blues and kindle hope in a heart beset with workaday cares.
- It was a metaphor that predicted the nature of the many problems that have beset excessively large inner urban secondary schools in the intervening years. Times, Sunday Times
- Might it not be some terrible avenger, out of the mystery beyond life, placed to beset him and finish him finally on this road that he was convinced was surely the death-road? CHAPTER XXXVI
- It attracts men beset by alcohol, drug and gambling woes along, increasingly, with those tormented by serious mental health issues.
- In a sport beset by serious doping problems, he was always regarded as a torch-bearer.
- A third probeset selected by limma was rejected outright by Messina (Figure 3b, panel u). PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.
- For 1916 was the year in which many of the problems that beset us today began to emerge. Times, Sunday Times
- We were beset by swarms of agitated wasps.
