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Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Plagued; beset by trouble or difficulty.
Etymologies
- Probably Dutch belegeren : be-, around (from Middle Dutch bie; see ambhi in Indo-European roots) + leger, camp; see legh- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“Mr. Fager appears intent to remove the word "beleaguered" from descriptions of his news division, and replacing an outsider, Ms. Couric, with Mr. Pelley could be part of the reconstruction.”
“In such a case one of the first steps taken by men who, in a certain sense, are beleaguered, is to eject from amongst them any of their number who, wielding power, are not deemed heart-whole in their cause.”
“Look up the word beleaguered and you'll find a picture of the Ottawa defense.”
“Look up the word beleaguered and you'll find a picture of the Sens 'defence.”
“I've been part of the Mac enthusiast community since the day of the dogcow, and save perhaps for an interval during the mid-90s when it seemed every media article about the company contained the phrase beleaguered Apple Computer, I've never seen so much apprehension and discontent.”
“The gossip sheets struck gold last year when they turned up evidence that one Mr. Jon Gosselin, at the time best known as the beleaguered Pennsylvania dad of eight kids on TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8," was cruising Wyomissing area nightspots minus Kate.”
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“Chertoff called his beleaguered FEMA chief, Mike Brown, and was told that there were only 1,500 people there.”
“Somalias beleaguered Transitional Federal Government on Tuesday night sent out an SOS It is calling for the urgent deployment of extra African union troops into the Horn of Africa state.”
“At least for now, you can drop the epithets - "embattled" and "beleaguered" - and just call him”
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