How to Use beleaguered in a Sentence

beleaguered

adjective
  • Then, things went from bad to worse for the beleaguered bride.
    — Erin Clack, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
  • There are lessons to draw from the bumpy journey of the beleaguered car-rental firm.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The rainout gives the Yankees a day to rest their banged-up and beleaguered bullpen.
    — Ronald Blum, Chron, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Fans hoped this year would be the beginning of a new era for the beleaguered team.
    — Adam Tamburin, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • For beleaguered movie theaters, the decades-in-the-making film can’t come soon enough.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The troops are among the only U.S. forces in the beleaguered nation itself.
    — Steven Lemongello, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The money came in wire transfers, each one a boon for a beleaguered N.C.A.A.
    — New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • For the beleaguered hospital staff, there was just not enough time and too much to do.
    — Jaime Herndon, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • Glover, 45, has long been an elite striker of the golf ball with a beleaguered existence on the greens.
    — Justin Ray, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The Grapevine might give that beleaguered spot a new beginning.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The big league club slogged through 100-loss seasons, but up-and-coming prospects stood out on the farm to give the fan base hope for its beleaguered team.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2024
  • This show continues to be a brief and beloved oasis in a beleaguered and stormy time.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2021
  • But for the beleaguered local industry, time is of the essence.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
  • For the beleaguered Aussies, MacArthur was nothing less than a savior.
    — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
  • 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 | [email protected], al, 5 Aug. 2023
  • But help is coming for the beleaguered marines and other Russian troops in Kursk.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Across the country, the latest Covid-19 surge has hit the beleaguered industry hard yet again.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Kid Rock has had enough of piling onto Bud Light when the beleaguered beer brand is already down.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Before last month’s trade deadline, the Mets acquired starter Paul Blackburn from the A’s to help their beleaguered staff.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But this season has been a wiping of the slate for those beleaguered supporters.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
  • One thing all parties agree on is that a strike would be a disaster for the already beleaguered supply chain in the U.S.
    — Eli M. Rosenberg, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2022
  • In this case, the story takes place in the beleaguered German capital city.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The move raises more questions about how long the beleaguered British leader can stay in office.
    — Danica Kirka, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • His beleaguered teammate Liam Lawson qualified dead last for both the sprint and main event, and there are already rumors that Lawson will be replaced in Japan.
    — Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025

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