Example sentences for: beset

How can you use “beset” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Although economic problems continued to beset the young democracy, the political scene was greatly stabilized.

  • How wonderful that you are not beset by stupid everyday concerns and petty moral dilemmas.

  • 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.

  • pieces paint Deng as a hard-nosed pragmatist and marvel at China's economic growth, but caution that the country is still beset by poverty, corruption, pollution, etc.

  • News and World Report , say, tell the Baltimore Sun that for a guy who's been marinated in money, Dubya seems particularly beset by plural articles and singular verbs.


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