Sentence examples for first beset from inspiring English sources

Fox brass, including executive chairman Rupert Murdoch, initially stood by network co-founder Roger Ailes and host Bill O'Reilly when they were first beset by sexual harassment allegations.

While living in Trieste, Joyce was first beset with eye problems that ultimately required over a dozen surgical operations.

And none will celebrate with more satisfaction than Dasaolu, a sprinter capable of running 9.91 seconds but beset by injuries and never before able to perform at his classy best over three championship rounds.

First they were beset by monstrous out-of-town used-car superstores, offering a huge range and "no haggle" pricing.

One industry insider told the Observer First Utility is beset by complaints and that "customer service is terrible".

The White Ribbon won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year and tells the story of a German village on the eve of the first world war beset by sporadic outbreaks of unexplained violence.

Frustratingly, the first night was beset with mechanical difficulties, turning an already long event into an endurance test, despite the brilliance of the performers and the thrill – yes, you read the word correctly – of the work.

The first phase was beset by problems, with additions to the brief sending it £7m over budget and 11 months behind schedule, while a public row with the architect Richard MacCormac's company, MacCormac Jamieson Prichard (now MJP Architects), led to the firm being removed.

The first volunteer was beset by anxiety: she couldn't decide whether to give up her job and move across the country to be with her fiance - what if he wasn't the one for her? "So maybe he turns out to be a jerk and you get divorced," Ellis said, or rather shouted, partly because he's deaf but also, I think, because he enjoys shouting.

From the opening seconds, England were beset by an indecision which proved as catching as the gastro-enteritis which swept through the team's hotel on Saturday.

But the difference is that in 1994 Mr Clinton still had an electoral future ahead of him; now he is a second-term president beset by rumour and with dwindling powers of patronage.