worst
adjective
had worsted
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past perfectof worst.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Romance had accepted the challenge and had worsted him.
From Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards
The Rumanians, therefore, now that they had worsted their adversaries, were resolved to disarm them and secure a real peace.
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon
One summer he went roving about the British Isles and there he fell in with a man named Asmund Ashenside, who also was a great champion and had worsted many vikings and men of war.
From The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
My father had worsted the Dutchman—and his Majesty himself—and saved the Isle!
From The MS. in a Red Box by John Arthur Hamilton
It had worsted the most daring travellers of all countries for centuries.
From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Ellsworth Douglass
