beleaguered
adjective
be·lea·guered
| \ bi-ˈlē-gərd
, bē-\
, bē-\
Definition of beleaguered
: suffering or being subjected to constant or repeated trouble or harassment
an economically beleaguered city With its life-support system cut off, the beleaguered college has embarked on a tortuous campaign to keep going.— Lucinda Harper … as he evolved from conformist to opportunist to reformer to revolutionary to beleaguered leader.— Philip Taubman
Examples of beleaguered in a Sentence
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Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa marks an entire year since the beleaguered Ferrari driver last won a race and a host of high-profile errors have seen him fall to fourth in the driver standings, 94 points behind Hamilton. — Matias Grez, CNN, "Formula One returns: Can anyone catch Lewis Hamilton?," 30 Aug. 2019 Yet the news is likely less good for people hoping for greater political rights for Palestinians, Yemenis and other beleaguered populations in the Middle East. — David Mednicoff, The Conversation, "Why increasing Arab-Israeli closeness matters," 29 Aug. 2019 Or, is Senzatela more in the category of beleaguered former first-round pick Jeff Hoffman — a right-hander with stuff who hasn’t figured out how to effectively pair heat with location and offspeed consistently? — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, "Antonio Senzatela to start for Rockies on Sunday in St. Louis, setting up another proving round for the sporadic right-hander," 24 Aug. 2019 After a one-night breakout by their beleaguered offense, the Brewers had to make do with a more modest run total. — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Brewers 4, Pirates 3: Strong pitching, favorable obstruction play prove to be the difference," 6 Aug. 2019 Its beleaguered population lives in marshland in just one Nebraska county. — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, "See a different endangered animal in every U.S. state," 30 July 2019 The beleaguered British defenders surrendered on Oct. 19, 1781. — Fox News, "Revolutionary War British shipwreck from the siege of Yorktown discovered," 28 June 2019 This is a beleaguered, broken-down rotation that needs help, yielding a 14.90 ERA over their past eight games before Sunday night. — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, "MLB trade deadline: Six teams with most urgency to get a move done," 29 July 2019 Every few years, a new sensation comes to the rescue of a beleaguered U.S. bicycle industry. — Fortune, "E-Bikes Sales Are Putting a Charge in the Fortunes of Bikemakers," 20 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'beleaguered.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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