A long hour he laboured with the story of the Redemption, she questioning to his bewilderment, involving him in contradiction, Worsting him again and again, though he would not know it; till, weary of harassing, she heard him in silence, with an unmoved attention that was worse discouragement.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
The flames, like devils thirsting, Lick the wind, where crackling spars Wage hellish warfare, Worsting All the still, astonished stars!
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
He was the first to speak, and, in doing so, he felt he was acknowledging his Worsting in the encounter.
"The Law-Breakers"
Ridgwell Cullum
