In the story of this campaign we have a signal and striking example of the perils that beset regular troops who encounter fierce and fearless barbarians on their own ground.
The whole sea around and beyond him was beset with reefs, which at that moment were covered with foam.
The country over which they had to travel, however, was so broken and so beset with rugged masses of rock as to retard their progress considerably, besides causing them to lose their way more than once.
Gascoyne still stood on the fore part of the ship as she neared this spot, which was so beset with reefs and rocks that her escape seemed miraculous.
But, though I was much startled, I no longer felt anything of that pricking and gnawing which a little while before, under the Christmas tree, had so sorely beset my bosom.
In the misery that now beset the household, I was the only one who kept a clear head.
Crowds of people beset his door; and when he shut up at three o'clock he found that no less than 1,000 shares had been subscribed for, and the deposits paid.
If not, they shall bebeset by sorrows and troubles, for human happiness is founded upon spiritual behaviour.
The Nightingale of faithfulness is beset by renegades who are even as ravens of hate.
Thou seest them, O my Lord, weeping over the tears Thy people shed, mourning the grief of Thy children, condoling with humankind, suffering because of the calamities that beset all the denizens of the earth.
He had talked long out of the superstitious dread thatbeset his Indian heart.
The unthinkable to him was a man who could so beset a woman.
It is like the voice of a friend to one beset by ghostly terrors: he does not expect his comrade to exorcise a spirit, and yet his apprehensions are dispelled.
And let us remember that the way of the Church through time is the path of the just, beset with mist and vapour at the dawn, but shining more and more unto the perfect day.
And such is indeed the only possible explanation of the Exodus, so that whoever rejects the miracle is beset with countless difficulties.
But he has long since made his choice, and whatever misgivings now beset him have regard to his success with Pharaoh or with his brethren, not to the wisdom of his decision.
He dismissed with disdain the passions which had hitherto beset him.
For which reason, almost every one that loses father or mother, wife or child, is immediately beset by scouts that profit by the confusion caused by grief to snare others.
As in the case of Job, the Devil is allowed by God to tempt and beset us, to urge us on by blows.
Would it be so easy to win these infernal favours for hearts beset with hateful traditions of a hell of torments?
They talked of being troubled, beset by the Devil; and they told no lie.
He beset her when she was sick almost to death; seeking to frighten her by insisting that from David he had received some infernal prescriptions.
The difficulty which beset the Pythagoreans in their attempts to apply numbers arose through their discovery of incommensurables, and this, in turn, arose as follows.
The discussion of this question, however, involves so many logical subtleties, and is so beset with difficulties, that I shall not pursue it further at present.
And, as if her other troubles were not enough, she was now beset by nervous fears about the future.
And I beset Josiah Allen to give 'em for his present, a nice bedroom carpet.
And then I beset him agin to tell me what he thought the reason wus they give it to him.
In order rightly to appreciate the wants of others, we must know and realize the trials of their situation, the struggles they may encounter, the burthens, the toils, the temptations that beset their different relations.
I fear that it was from her that he learned where and how to beset her.
She desired to caution me against the temptations of too much flattery and applause, and against the worldliness which might beset me in London.
But as he who is beset by desires deserves no blame, so no praise is due the wise man who practices self-renunciation; both follow the law of their nature.
But settlement there seemed beset with insuperable obstacles.
Justice held her ground, undisturbed and unassailed by the efforts of favour and of interest, that now so much impair, pervert, and beset her.
Love resolute Knows not the word "impossibility;" And though my suit Beset by endless obstacles I see, Yet no despair Shall hold me bound to earth while heaven is there.
Dogs have compassed me about; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me.
They beset Him in the manger, gnashed upon Him in the garden, and well-nigh tore Him to pieces upon the cross.
When you see the handicaps that have beset both Catholic and Protestant missionaries you are filled with a new appreciation of their calling.
He had in mind the thousand and one dangers that beset the stranger who does not observe the strictest rules of health and diet.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "beset" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
