beset

Object

• society: In a society beset by apparently unfixable crises, it is too soon for the first minister to be done with fixing problems.

Preposition: with

• difficulty: The building of the church was beset with difficulties.
• delay: This is a big undertaking and no doubt will be beset with delays and frustrations.
• problem: He was soon beset with problems, not the least of which was the water supply.

Subject

• uncertainty: However, the impact upon the earth's climate is beset by uncertainty.
• problem: Behind the scenes the series was beset by problems.
• difficulty: The defense would be beset by serious practical difficulties.
• injury: Unfortunately the team was beset by injuries in the Spring Term.
• delay: The fixed sign emphasis is a classic indication of slow journeys, beset by delays.

Modifying Another Word

• continually: We must bear one another's burdens, resisting the selfish temptations that continually beset us.
• easily: A certain sin that so easily besets us and breaks fellowship.
• currently: I am not seeking to spin my way out of the difficulties that currently beset the Conservative Party.
• again: The wrapper was the largest individual contributor to waste and again beset by numerous small problems.
• still: In other words I am still beset by the hard problem.
• often: However, the organizational difficulties that often beset engineering projects may be a barrier to the idea of open source.

Preposition: by

• uncertainty: However, the impact upon the earth's climate is beset by uncertainty.
• difficulty: The defense would be beset by serious practical difficulties.
• problem: Behind the scenes the series was beset by problems.
• injury: Unfortunately the team was beset by injuries in the Spring Term.
• delay: The fixed sign emphasis is a classic indication of slow journeys, beset by delays.