How to Use beleaguered in a Sentence

beleaguered

adjective

• And even in the face of that threat, Germany has remained slow to spend on its beleaguered forces.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
• The trend should prompt cheers from beleaguered New Yorkers.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024
• The Lions have long been the NFL’s most woebegone team, its fans the league’s most beleaguered.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
• Others have joined forces with the beleaguered army to defend key cities.
  — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
• The Grapevine might give that beleaguered spot a new beginning.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
• The exchange’s staff was in the middle of a crisis meeting with its beleaguered founder, Sam Bankman-Fried.
  — Erin Griffith and David Yaffe-Bellany, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
• Something had to be done to fix their beleaguered pitching staff.
  — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The result is a beleaguered league, which has now become a target of memes and jokes on the Internet.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 5 Aug. 2023
• Kid Rock has had enough of piling onto Bud Light when the beleaguered beer brand is already down.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
• But this season has been a wiping of the slate for those beleaguered supporters.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
• Read full article Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• The storm has dropped even more rain and snow on the beleaguered state and sent thousands of residents racing from rising waters.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• With tens of billions of dollars on hand, both companies are poised to snap up smaller and more beleaguered drillers over the coming years.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
• Boston’s beleaguered baseball boss seemed to care more about his coveted draft picks than the success of the major league team.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• On the highway approaching the beleaguered city Friday, dozens of residents stood along the road with signs begging for aid.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Back in the ’90s, Sheehy was a beleaguered chef and Yee an unemployed attorney.
  — Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
• Years of drought, a beleaguered economy, and the aftermath of decades of war have led to the internal displacement of millions of Afghans.
  — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Nov. 2023
• But four years later, Maduro has strengthened his grip on this beleaguered country.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
• The beleaguered crypto world finally got some good news.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 16 June 2023
• And there was Bandit, her beleaguered father-dog, drinking coffee at a table with a sign that reads, Bluey is a show for adults, disguised as a kid’s show.
  — Katie Notopoulos, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2023
• The forces of Yazid, in yellow and red, as if color itself were a sign of corruption, were arrayed against Hussein’s beleaguered camp with satin flags in green, black and white.
  — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Caught in the middle are Gaza’s beleaguered and besieged 2.2 million people.
  — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• The two sides struck a deal to exchange more hostages and prisoners and allow more aid into the beleaguered territory.
  — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• For instance, the bipartisan clapping for the beleaguered clerk of the House, Cheryl Johnson — who calls the House to order and presides over the roll call of the members-elect — has been refreshing.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
• Each drink is one too many for the already beleaguered liver, that much more fuel for the automobile driver.
  — Wilson M. Sims, Longreads, 7 Sep. 2023
• But the city’s beleaguered shelter system is said to be at capacity.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
• Her appointment is not a usual changing of the guard, but rather a chance for a fresh direction for the beleaguered agency—with implications for the health of us all.
  — Dave A. Chokshi, Scientific American, 30 June 2023
• Stocks fell Tuesday as shares of beleaguered banks tumbled again and worries about the economy worsened.
  — CBS News, 2 May 2023
• The complex wrangling that led to this moment could be a guide to beleaguered opposition forces elsewhere.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• She's portrayed a variety of characters over the years, such as the beleaguered wife, the stern matron, the swift warrior, and the occasional ruthless killer.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023

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