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Example sentences for: beset

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Twenty-five years ago, the French scholar René Etiemble launched his now classic Parlez-vous franglais ? It was the cri de coeur of a single-minded patriot beset by the idea that the purity of his mother tongue was being corrupted by the Anglo-maniac leanings of his countrymen.
The Balearics, further neglected, were beset with poverty and outbreaks of disease.
In the same year, hatred of the high-handed Tory oligarchy in Upper Canada provoked a rebellion among small farmers and tradesmen beset by economic depression.
The Soyuz ("union") program, beset by vastly inferior funding, marked the end of Soviet space domination.
How wonderful that you are not beset by stupid everyday concerns and petty moral dilemmas.