Sentence examples for be bested by from inspiring English sources

In this narrative, James is too great a hero to be bested by conventional means.

Candace enters the singing competition, only to be bested by her younger brothers.

But to commit so many prime acres only to commemoration and mourning would to again be bested by the terrorists.

Apparently, it is more embarrassing to be bested by someone in a "competing" group than by someone in one's own group.

But his physical style takes a terrible toll and he has always been more likely to be bested by tendinitis than by the serving power of Roger Federer.

Tensions arising from this mélange — and, in particular, the fear held by Malays that they will always be bested by these minorities — have gripped Malaysian politics since the country achieved independence from the British, in 1957.

Had the OED been bested by several centuries?

Now sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is bested by Trolls.

I'd been bested by a guy from the Daily News.

I've been bested by that transport policy titan, Christopher Biggins.

But it was not that Shaw was bested by an Internet competitor.