Example Sentences

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It wasn’t long before Fii encountered the same lack of direction and reluctance to invest that had beset the earlier iterations of the Foxconn project.

From The Verge • Oct. 19, 2020

But Washington was disappointed to find that Mr. Karzai, rather than rising above the problems of corruption and cronyism that had beset Afghanistan, established an inner circle that embodied them.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2017

The Black-ish episode ended with Grandma Ruby baptizing the twins in the backyard pool, and in typical sitcom fashion all the conflict that had beset the Johnsons over the previous 30 minutes was solved.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2015

Tough times had beset Stroh’s the preceding decade, following its purchase of the much bigger Schlitz brewery.

From Forbes • Jul. 10, 2014

The chill of Mrs. Fairfax’s warnings, and the damp of her doubts were upon me: something of unsubstantiality and uncertainty had beset my hopes.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë