How to Use beset in a Sentence

beset

verb

• A lack of money is the greatest problem besetting the city today.
• Even the walk from the front door to the gutter is beset with peril.
  — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
• The program had been beset with problems from the start.
  — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2023
• Polling has been beset by a host of challenges during the past few years.
  — Maria Eloisa Capurro, Bloomberg.com, 18 Nov. 2020
• Kela has been beset with biceps tendonitis off and on for the past five weeks.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram.com, 1 July 2017
• Over the years it has been beset by leaks, mold and issues with its facade.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 10 July 2021
• On the day that Charlie was buried, the church and the graveyard were beset by reporters.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• The overland route to the southern peninsula is beset by gangs.
  — Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal, 20 Aug. 2021
• The fund was also beset by massive amounts of fraud that cost the state billions of dollars.
  — Adam Beam, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
• The museum has been beset by delays, partly due to the drop in oil prices.
  — Bloomberg.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• Darnold has had to break in a new receiving group that has been beset by injuries.
  — Zach Helfand, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• Both programs have been beset by high costs and delays.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 July 2019
• From the start, the reform process was beset by dissent and infighting.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
• The bank was tightly linked to the tech industry, which is beset by layoffs.
  — Ellen Francis, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
• To be sure, the work has been long and tedious, beset by setbacks at every turn.
  — John Gallagher, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2019
• But the app was beset by fraud, an ubiquitous threat in the crypto universe.
  — Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
• Thinking back to the origins of the pandemic in March, we were beset by fear.
  — Mona Charen, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020
• Credit Suisse has been beset by a litany of scandals over the past few years.
  — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• Climate change, Covid and the threat of war may beset Gen Zers.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• For the first two years after the purchase, the project was beset with production delays.
  — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Mar. 2021
• Kerr was welcomed as a rock star, beset with requests for selfies and hugs.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2018
• The same type of failures could just as easily beset its rivals.
  — John Strickland, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022
• The Dolphins have been beset by their softness on defense on third down.
  — Steve Svekis, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2021
• Since then, the woman’s family has been beset by a series of tragedies.
  — Fox News, 1 Aug. 2019
• The region was already beset by more than a decade of civil war in Syria.
  — Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2023
• The Seahawks running backs have been beset by injuries for the past two seasons.
  — Geoffrey C. Arnold, OregonLive.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• The forested area where the Caldor fire is burning has been beset by fire before.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2021
• But that means the queue now winds around the square, which is beset by relentless construction, chaos on chaos.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2018
• The country’s largest gun-rights group was beset by money and legal woes in recent years.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022
• The Olympics have been beset by several other scandals over the past year, too.
  — NBC News, 8 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 28 Apr 2024