defeat Examples

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Examples of defeat in a Sentence

Examples of defeat
1. ...Hodgson headed down the tunnel with the boos of fans ringing in his ears after an eighth league defeat of the season...
2. The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day.
3. It was James Bond's commission to defeat the bad guys.
4. Defeat sees Forest remain a point outside the top six with a derby against Leicester up next.
5. There was evil laughter coming from the villain's lair as he was contemplating how he was going to defeat his heroic foe.
6. How does he support his position against the prima facie case in favor of the strongly counterintuitive claim that non-violence would necessarily defeat a Hitler?
7. Even if they managed to strike Japan, the United States or South Korea with nuclear weapons — a big if, given that they do not have a reliable delivery system — they could not save themselves from ultimate defeat.
8. Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
Examples of defeats
1. It moves them from 17th to 12th on seven points, while Bolton are now bottom of the table with five straight defeats.
2. Six successive defeats had left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table but, clearly under instructions to attack from the outset, Bolton started far the brighter.
3. Two defeats in five games coming into this contest, and a draw with Everton, ultimately cost Sir Alex Ferguson's side in what became the most extraordinary finale to the league championship since Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield in 1989.
Examples of defeated
1. Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
2. Republicans defeated Democratic efforts to logroll hate crimes legislation into the defense appropriations bill.
3. Where she was married as a virgin, she is to be examined [and] if they declare her muliebrity, [ …] her right to separation [on complaint of her husband's impotence] is defeated
4. Yet it was not easy, on the balance of play, to be convinced by Pellegrini and his defeated players that the reprieve might somehow be a defining moment over the two legs.
5. St Johnstone's in-form strike force struck again as goals from Francisco Sandaza and Cillian Sheridan defeated Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.
6. His fatal flaw was his undoing. In a sense he defeated himself.
7. I expect to receive wages. I expect that the troops will be defeated. ‎
Examples of defeating
1. I levelled after defeating the dragon. ‎
2. Cutting off your nose to spite your face is self-defeating.
3. He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.
4. The returns from the election show Apple Party candidate Jane Doe has made a pickup in the district of City West defeating Orange Party Incumbent Joe Smith
5. I leveled up after defeating the dragon.
6. She mopped the floor with her opponent, defeating him 68 to 2.
7. Wood, number six, played strong and had little trouble defeating Elisa Morgan, 8-0, using lots of topspin and angle shots.