Beset
verb
To cause problems or difficulties for someone or something.
The project was beset by problems from the start
Often appears as...
- beset by problems
- beset with difficulties
verb
To surround or cover someone or something in a threatening way.
The village was beset with enemies on all sides
Often appears as...
- beset by enemies
- beset on all sides
verb
To cause problems or difficulties for someone or something.
The project was beset by problems from the start
Often appears as...
- beset by problems
- beset with difficulties
verb
To surround or cover someone or something in a threatening way.
The village was beset with enemies on all sides
Often appears as...
- beset by enemies
- beset on all sides
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Pro Tip 1/3Negativity Implied
Using 'beset' suggests the subject faces significant and numerous challenges.
The expedition was beset by harsh weather and equipment failures.
Pro Tip 2/3Ongoing Struggle
'Beset' often implies that problems are continuous or recurring.
She was beset by anxiety throughout her exams.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Obstacles
Problems that 'beset' someone are actively causing trouble or hindrance.
His plans for the party were beset by scheduling conflicts.
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In this view, it’s more urgent to help those whose basic needs aren’t met even if they’re harder to help than those who are flourishing. But often, determining which group is truly worse off can get complicated fast. In our case, Earth is still beset by drastic inequalities in wealth and opportunity.
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How we can design...
that we associate with the places that we cherish the most? Now, maybe you think I'm just being nostalgic -- why does it matter? Who cares if there is this creeping sameness besetting our planet?
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John Wesley Powell: From...
river to run what falls there may be we know not what walls rise over the river we know not what rocks beset the channel we know not how well the men talk is cheerfully as ever this morning
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You can only save one—...
In this view, it’s more urgent to help those whose basic needs aren’t met even if they’re harder to help than those who are flourishing. But often, determining which group is truly worse off can get complicated fast. In our case, Earth is still beset by drastic inequalities in wealth and opportunity.
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How we can design...
that we associate with the places that we cherish the most? Now, maybe you think I'm just being nostalgic -- why does it matter? Who cares if there is this creeping sameness besetting our planet?
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John Wesley Powell: From...
river to run what falls there may be we know not what walls rise over the river we know not what rocks beset the channel we know not how well the men talk is cheerfully as ever this morning
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Tony Blair
English Statesman
But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome.
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Susan Collins
American Politician
Donald Trump, in my judgment, would make a perilous world even more dangerous. I worry that his tendency to lash out and his ill-informed comments would cause dangerous events to escalate and possibly spin out of control at a time when our world is beset with conflicts.
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Nick Cave
Australian Musician
Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.
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Malcolm Mclaren
English Musician
There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn right; go through any door that you're not supposed to enter. It's the only way to fight your way through to any kind of authentic feeling in a world beset by fakery.
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Anne Bronte
British Novelist
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself.
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Major Taylor
American Athlete
In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.
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Fredrik Bajer
Danish Writer
A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political parties, with whom it could collaborate effectively on most of the problems besetting the cause of peace.
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Alice Meynell
English Poet
A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of years in the life to follow will not seem to throw it further back - it is already so far.
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Andrew Weil
American Scientist
The world is beset by many problems, but in my opinion, this hijacking of our brain's reward centers by electronic media is potentially one of the most destructive.
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William Hurt
American Actor
When you are a kid, you are beset by fears, and you think, 'I'll solve the fear by living forever and becoming a movie star.
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Tony Blair
English Statesman
But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome.
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Susan Collins
American Politician
Donald Trump, in my judgment, would make a perilous world even more dangerous. I worry that his tendency to lash out and his ill-informed comments would cause dangerous events to escalate and possibly spin out of control at a time when our world is beset with conflicts.
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Nick Cave
Australian Musician
Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.
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Malcolm Mclaren
English Musician
There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn right; go through any door that you're not supposed to enter. It's the only way to fight your way through to any kind of authentic feeling in a world beset by fakery.
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Anne Bronte
British Novelist
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself.
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Major Taylor
American Athlete
In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.
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Fredrik Bajer
Danish Writer
A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political parties, with whom it could collaborate effectively on most of the problems besetting the cause of peace.
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Alice Meynell
English Poet
A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of years in the life to follow will not seem to throw it further back - it is already so far.
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Andrew Weil
American Scientist
The world is beset by many problems, but in my opinion, this hijacking of our brain's reward centers by electronic media is potentially one of the most destructive.
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William Hurt
American Actor
When you are a kid, you are beset by fears, and you think, 'I'll solve the fear by living forever and becoming a movie star.
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