How do you use Beleaguered in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Beleaguered meaning
- Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.
- Beset by trouble or difficulty.
Using Beleaguered
- The main meaning on this page is: Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops. | Beset by trouble or difficulty.
- In the example corpus, beleaguered often appears in combinations such as: the beleaguered, to beleaguered, already beleaguered.
Context around Beleaguered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Beleaguered
- In this selection, "beleaguered" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, long, leaves, regional, iterations and sector stand out and add context to how "beleaguered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a more beleaguered history of and an already beleaguered system. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "beleaguered" sits close to words such as abstraction, accomplice and ang, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with beleaguered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
One of the most beleaguered investment concepts entering 2023 was disruptive or innovative tech. (14 words)
He has frequently likened the UAW’s fight to a battle between the beleaguered working class and billionaires. (18 words)
Meanwhile, Tucker is beleaguered by the looming prospect of his state recertification, something for which he is woefully unprepared. (19 words)
During a recent protest of city workers demanding a pay raise of 10.5 percent, he showed little sympathy for the city’s history of undertaking big-budget projects, like the beleaguered new airport, while neglecting its salaried public-sector workers. (41 words)
Credit Suisse chairman Axel Lehmann said on Tuesday he was "truly sorry" that the beleaguered bank could not be saved as he faced angry and tearful shareholders whose money has gone up in smoke. (34 words)
England’s title defence is in real jeopardy after South Africa demolished Jos Buttler’s side by 229 runs on Saturday to leave the beleaguered champions facing an early exit after their latest humiliation. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
After forming a rebound rally that looked encouraging, resistance held and now the beleaguered regional banks have come down to a big support test.
But it’s not just a return for these beleaguered iterations of the turtles artist Ben Bishop—and the continuation of a dream come true.
But the calm has shattered quickly for the long-beleaguered sector as a crucial funding market seized up and the collapse of a string of regional banks compounds the pain.
Credit Suisse chairman Axel Lehmann said on Tuesday he was "truly sorry" that the beleaguered bank could not be saved as he faced angry and tearful shareholders whose money has gone up in smoke.
During a recent protest of city workers demanding a pay raise of 10.5 percent, he showed little sympathy for the city’s history of undertaking big-budget projects, like the beleaguered new airport, while neglecting its salaried public-sector workers.
Economic headwinds, geopolitical strife and domestic policy, including overturning Roe, have all recently added strain to an already beleaguered system.
England’s title defence is in real jeopardy after South Africa demolished Jos Buttler’s side by 229 runs on Saturday to leave the beleaguered champions facing an early exit after their latest humiliation.
Few properties have endured a more beleaguered history of imperfect adaptations than video games, but the tides just might be turning with the pristine likes of now leading the pack.
He has frequently likened the UAW’s fight to a battle between the beleaguered working class and billionaires.
In 1993, she won the Pulitzer Prize for The Wild Iris, an exchange in part between a beleaguered gardener and a callous deity.
In February 2021, Asos acquired four brands from beleaguered Arcadia Group Ltd, including UK high street staples Topshop and Topman.
Initially planned as a single season, follows an odd assortment of guests and the beleaguered hotel staff who labor to keep them happy.
It comes as the beleaguered NHS struggles with a record-high 7.2million waiting list and battles walkouts by nurses and paramedics.
Kelly’s loyalty to beleaguered defensive coordinator Jerry Azzinaro was among the primary reasons the Bruins sputtered in Kelly’s first three seasons, going 3-9, 4-8 and 3-4.
Lukashenko owes Putin loyalty after the Russian despot backed the then-beleaguered Belarusian leader when protests nearly ousted him from power under his repressive regime without fair and free elections.
Meanwhile, Tucker is beleaguered by the looming prospect of his state recertification, something for which he is woefully unprepared.
One of the most beleaguered investment concepts entering 2023 was disruptive or innovative tech.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s defenestration in Washington leaves beleaguered House Republicans in his home state, whose seats he helped defend, preparing to spend the next 13 months without one of their biggest assets.
Roaring with glee as ministers resigned in the ensuing ‘cash for questions’ scandal, Mr Al Fayed played to the gallery as a powerbroker, while the beleaguered government tottered towards collapse.
Scotland's beleaguered recycling scheme was fraught with problems months before the UK government halted it, a report has shown.
Common combinations with beleaguered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the beleaguered 84×
- to beleaguered 7×
- already beleaguered 6×
- beleaguered by 6×
- and beleaguered 6×
- for beleaguered 4×
- beleaguered system 3×
- is beleaguered 3×
- beleaguered government 3×
- beleaguered people 3×