beset
verb (used with object)
to attack on all sides; assail.
has beset
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present perfectof beset (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research has approved 38 novel drugs so far this year, despite the chaos that has beset the agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
The suspicion of streaming fraud has beset services like Spotify since they displaced downloads as the main way music is consumed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
Controversy has beset the 2022 Winter Olympics on two fronts, casting a harsh light on the host country’s human rights record while raising concerns about a coronavirus outbreak among thousands of athletes, coaches and media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
An estimated 5,000 people pack up their lives and leave every day, eager to flee the economic collapse and humanitarian crisis which has beset the oil-rich nation.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2018
O Achilles, son of Peleus, far the bravest of the Achaians, be not wroth, seeing that so great calamity has beset the Achaians.
From The Iliad by Homer
