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How to pronounce beleaguer in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms badger, bug, pester, tease
Type of torment, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag
Type Words
Synonyms besiege, circumvent, hem in, surround
Type of attack, assail
Has types ebb, blockade, seal off

Examples of beleaguer

beleaguer
As they should, they will continue to beleaguer the judges who should be spending their time on more productive issues.
From the dailyherald.com
Mr Allavaru has already stumbled against many of the obstacles that beleaguer so many Indian Internet entrepreneurs.
From the economist.com
I'll tell you Christos, in the years I've covered Melo, few things beleaguer and deflate Melo more than the calls he doesn't get.
From the denverpost.com
Furthermore, problems in the credit markets could trickle down to nonfinancial companies through decreased loan availability, which might further beleaguer the job market.
From the foxbusiness.com
I don't want to beleaguer the point, but it's worth mentioning again that Sprint customers have really gotten the short end of the stick when it came to Ice Cream Sandwich.
From the techcrunch.com
I don't want to beleaguer the point, but it's worth mentioning again that Sprint customers have really gotten the short end of the stick when it came to Ice Cream Sandwich.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • Tease: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
  • Besiege: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
  • (beleaguering) siege: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
  • To besiege; to surround with troops; To vex, harass, or beset
  • (beleaguered) Plagued; beset by trouble or difficulty
  • (Beleaguered) (adj) feeling harassed, feel under sever pressure
  • (beleaguering) demonizing, equalizing, legalizing, mediating, penalizing, realizing, repackaging, stevedoring, subpoenaing, theorizing, torpedoing
  • To exhaust with attacks.