beset; besetting
1
: 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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Walmart’s most recent attempt to break into the health care market, started in 2019, was beset by leadership turnover and internal politics.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 July 2024
The mass resignation only added to fears that Documenta may never be able to recover from the scandals that beset 2022’s Documenta 15, which spurred scrutiny over artworks that contained antisemitic imagery and pro-Palestine politics.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2024
More importantly, papers beset with errors borne from the haste to publish can be just as misleading as outright fraud.
—Peter Aldhous, Scientific American, 2 July 2024
Still, the team’s early efforts were beset by challenges.
—Claudia Geib, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 July 2024
The mass resignation only added to fears that Documenta may never be able to recover from the scandals that beset 2022’s Documenta 15, which spurred scrutiny over artworks that contained antisemitic imagery and pro-Palestine politics.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2024
More importantly, papers beset with errors borne from the haste to publish can be just as misleading as outright fraud.
—Peter Aldhous, Scientific American, 2 July 2024
Still, the team’s early efforts were beset by challenges.
—Claudia Geib, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
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“Beset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beset. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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