Sentence examples for besets from inspiring English sources

Yard signs and bumper stickers have sprouted, and on June 14th protesters marched to Busch stadium, one of the many fruits of Anheuser-Busch's 150 years in St Louis.Despite the local jokes about pouring Bud on Belgian waffles and Jean-Claude Van Damme karate-chopping the Clydesdale horses that pull the famous Budweiser beer wagon, a serious fear besets the opposition.

Because he is devout and free of the playboy image that besets some other Saudi royals, he should be better-placed to stand up to reactionary clerics.

This is a problem for the industry, particularly as technology has the potential to alleviate some of the air-traffic congestion that besets busy east coast airports and which costs airlines a fortune in delays.

Amidst all the apparent contradiction and confusion, there is a basic problem that besets all communication between the religious and the secular worlds.

"We could bring down inflation more quickly but that would be costly".The central bank's defenders say its unorthodox monetary policy is a brave attempt to deal with a tricky problem volatile capital flows that besets many emerging markets.

In a report last week, the World Bank said it expects Chinese growth to slow to 8% next year.Fraud is another ill that besets China's banks.

Some wonder if this could one day alleviate the housing crisis of sky-high prices and overcrowded properties that besets many cities around the world, such as London.

It argues that, as turmoil besets much of the rest of the Middle East and North Africa, Tunisia's fledgling democracy needs a calming, unifying figure as head of state.

But even Nanjie is now in trouble.The problem is one that besets many of China's rural industries.

A deeper problem still besets these numbers: they are almost entirely fanciful even if the banks that submit them are providing honest estimates.

Three-quarters of the world has suffered colonial rule; patriarchy of various sorts besets just as much of it.