How To Use Defeat In A Sentence

For centuries, scholars have squabbled over the design of the ship, which was crucial to defeating the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C., part of a wider war that included the fight at Thermopylae dramatized in the film "300. Epic Struggle: Fans Fight to Revive an Oar-Powered Greek Warship
according to the Old Testament, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel
Ministers are attempting to come up with a compromise to avoid defeat on Wednesday. Times, Sunday Times
After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife.
He did not want a repeat performance of the humiliating defeat he had suffered.

Their last nine league games have brought four wins, four defeats and a draw. The Sun
Their pastorals, both published in 1651, offered choices to Royalists in the aftermath of the crushing defeat at Worcester.
an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters
A British fleet defeated the French at Trafalgar.
Matters went on pretty well with us until my master was seized with a severe fit of illness, in consequence of which his literary scheme was completely defeated, and his condition in life materially injured; of course, the glad tones of encouragement which I had been accustomed to hear were changed into expressions of condolence, and sometimes assurances of unabated friendship; but then it must be remembered that I, the handsomest blue coat, was _still in good condition_, and it will perhaps appear, that if I were not my master's The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827
No one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us.
This was their fourth defeat in a row and leaves them mired in the bottom three. Times, Sunday Times
His defeat dealt a crushing blow to the party.
It would certainly explain in part why the 31-year-old Watson took so long to win his first PGA Tour event, the 2010 Travelers Championship (he defeated his Ryder Cup captain, Corey Pavin, in a play-off). Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson add power to USA's Ryder Cup bid
The latter, after his defeat by Bayezid, sought refuge at Rhodes under a safe-conduct from the Grand Master and the General Convent of the Order.
His defeat in the world championship led to a long period of gloomy introspection.
Why the company didn't drill and tap the new model for both standard receiver and tang sights, defeats me.
They were defeated by the odd goal in five in the U16 league semi final by Yeats United.
Unable to defeat him by logical discussion, she fell back on her old habit of criticizing his speech.
The wellingtonia in Orchard Close is thought to be 360 years old and part of an extended avenue planted to mark the route taken by the defeated King Charles after the Battle of Edgehill.
Teddington slumped to a 151 run defeat in one of their poorest performances of the season against Ealing on Saturday.
In his brilliant first volume on the Second World War, Winston Churchill describes French statesmanship on the eve of war as ‘the quintessence of defeatism.’
I wouldn't say the defeat today was anything to do with what has happened off the field.
To minimize how this price is perceived, the self-defeating organization can avail itself of any of the techniques described here.
Mr Taylor's election defeat was a close run thing.
Hibs, even in defeat, will still believe they are capable of retaining their second position in the table.
She was a woman who hated to admit defeat .
When we pray we admit defeat. Anthony Burgess
We must pay great attention because when you arrive after three defeats you are very dangerous. The Sun
Years later, after their defeat, they finally understood how far from international norms they were and saw a change in the youngest element of their society, so they began a counterpropaganda campaign. The Coming Revolution
They didn't admit they were defeated; they began to recruit and attempted to stage a comeback.
Their party suffered a heavy defeat in the election.
Some days I wonder whether many in the news media personally identify with Lieberman, so that his defeat is theirs. Balloon Juice » 2006 » August
The team refused to resign themselves to defeat/to being defeated.
Clara looked momentarily disconcerted but wasn't about to concede defeat after upbraiding Nicholas a moment before.
But this year, when precisely the same measure came up for a required second vote, it was defeated by a thumping margin of 157 to 39.
The Hill's liberals will count it a successful session if they can scratch up a billion or so out of the defense budget, add in the money freed up if, as expected, Carter's counter-inflationary "real-wage insurance" plan is defeated, and then spread the dividends among the hardest-hit programs. The Politics of Austerity
Then they would disband the defeated regime's army, turning hundreds of thousands of trained soldiers into disgruntled potential insurgents.
Especially on the left, the defeat in 1849 provoked a period of reassessment which, together with the hardship and loneliness of political exile, led to some substantial political realignments.
Those who appose any form of a health care agenda in most cases will be defeated financially – big time. Wonk Room » Rep. Steve King’s Fudged Math Sets Off Alarm: ‘5,600,000 Illegal Aliens’ Covered By ‘Obamacare’
Both players were found guilty of foul and abusive language towards the match official during Acorn's defeat to Normanton Knights on November 20.
The senate, led by Cicero, supported Octavian, who defeated Antony in 43 and took the consulship by force.
The film helps debunk a recent media report that many of the players were banished to mines and farms for cavorting at a ‘wild party with foreign ladies’ before their defeat by Portugal.
But they always end up crushed in defeat like an olive in a press. Times, Sunday Times
The good-looking wonderkid who can't ever admit defeat.
‘You defeat your opponents by out-thinking them, not by outfighting them,’ she said.
Props 1A-1F must be defeated, because they would wreak long-term havoc on the state. Paul Hogarth: Arnold's May Special Election: Just Say No!
In defeating the champions, Robson's team extended their unbeaten run to 13 matches since May.
I stormed down the hallway and the sound of my footfalls on the carpet marked my defeat.
Apache helicopters pounded them with missiles, while US tanks poured cannon fire on the defeated and unresisting column.
In ruling out a Yes vote from the get-go, Israel conceded immediate defeat in the world body, in the process forgoing a range of tactical advantages it could have gained by signaling qualified support for a resolution and then negotiating to help shape its wording to a text Israel could have profited by backing. Bradley Burston: Ten Reasons Palestine Is Right to Bring its Case to the UN
And another home defeat left them staring the relegation abyss in the face. The Sun
The atmosphere of foredoomed defeat in his own corner had no effect on him. The Mexican
[1046] Metellus proper cantos senatorial ordinis ex Hibernia accurse jubet; eorum et variorum, quos ironers defeat, console habet A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate
[443] We could use the term partial defeater 'for defeaters that don't require withholding B but do require holding it less firmly. Warranted Christian Belief
The need for a single police service that is capacitated to fight and defeat crime. Address by ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe to NEHAWU Securities Function
Lenton also remained undefeated in sprint freestyle, winning her 4th gold medal of the tour.
Oudin defeated Dementieva and three other Russians in a surprising run to the U.S. USA tops Russia, advances to Fed Cup final against Italy
The man who handed over the Ashes to England for the first time in a generation stood on the threshold of another ignominious defeat yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
There are two evils of our present railway system, however, which are not chargeable to monopoly, but to the _attempt to defeat monopoly_, and which are important to our discussion. Monopolies and the People
He came within inches of a hat-trick and saving his side from defeat at the hands of the greatest collection of footballers ever assembled on one team.
How will the parties defeat election fatigue and boost declining turn-out numbers?
Steeton reserves were unlucky to go down to a one goal defeat at league leaders Bay Athletic.
Trojans turned in an abject performance to crash to their heaviest defeat in over four years.
Sampdoria lost their unbeaten record with a 2-1 home defeat against Genoa.
For the stupid person up there that wrote "the failure of 08 begins" I can tell you that's exactly the opposite: "the recover 08 begins", no more Bush mistakes and his heir is going to be defeated big time, is going to be a victory by a huge margin!!! Obama: The general election fight should start next week
The spectacle of Xerxes's defeat tremendously reinforced the traditional conviction that pride goes before a fall.
All was coloured with admiration of his beauty and grace, and mingled with boundless pity for their sad overclouding and defeature! Thomas Wingfold, Curate
Helped by the suckers on her tentacles she can easily prise open clams and mussels that would defeat most people. Times, Sunday Times
The days of one or two defeats had disappeared. Times, Sunday Times
Last Sunday, he hit Drew Bennett for a 23-yard touchdown pass with 17 seconds left to defeat the Houston Texans 27-24.
If you were all to work together, he'd have a difficult time stopping you, and he might even be defeated.
Power socials are used to defeat villains (don't ask me why we're defeating villains, but we are…) or to improve your rep.
The man who handed over the Ashes to England for the first time in a generation stood on the threshold of another ignominious defeat yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
It requires ground forces to be decisive to be able to destroy and defeat. Times, Sunday Times
Because, as well as the build-up being all new and a cup final being new to most of the players, so too was a cup final defeat.
The story ended with Sam boarding a starship commanded by Sirians who may be able to aid in defeating the villain.
He despised Hitler and Nazism as an emanation of ‘mass man’ and he believed the defeat of the Nazis would also bring an end to the power of the masses too.
Liverpool were seemingly assured of the title in 1989 when they needed only to avoid a two-goal defeat at home to the Gunners to lift the trophy.
He prepared himself to accept defeat.
The trams is one such example where it is perfectly valid for the SNP to be defeated. When 3 become 1
She's not likely to stand by and tamely accept defeat.
Championship strugglers Gillingham made it a third match without defeat at promotion-chasing Sheffield United.
The opening theme is based on the ancient myth that the River Lee was formed by the gorging tail of a giant serpent defeated in battle by St Finbarr.
There was lamentation throughout the land at news of the defeat.
Much better than packing the midfield and waiting for the inevitable defeat. Times, Sunday Times
At the Battle of Courtrai in 1302, the French army was disastrously defeated by Flemish burghers.
Shoulder injuries brought his career to an undignified end in 2004 after three defeats. The Sun
The Prussian army invaded Baden, defeated the rebels, and forced the last remnants of the German revolution to capitulate in the fortress of Rastatt on 23 July.
Admit temporary defeat with good grace, retreat, reconsider and wait.
He robustly retaliates with the view that nothing is off limits in the defeat of fascism.
No self-respecting shopkeeper would touch the defeated currency, instead rattling off a long list of what was acceptable, everything from Dutch guilders and Indian rupees to francs, pounds, and the rare American dollars. A Covert Affair
Consequently, agricultural bank anti - corruption defeats behoove from correct violate compasses manage grab.
Those who belittle the value of new integrative speculation are, in a phrase of Bennett's, dogmatically defeatist.
The more intelligence we can provide, the greater the chance we have to defeat the fakers who seek to dupe the unsuspecting consumer.
For many on the right in the UK, Atlanticism has become synonymous with a self-defeating, virulent Euroscepticism that is bad for Britain. Labour: UK should integrate key defence decisions with Europe
Prior catastrophic losses both in Mysore and in America had a lingering effect on future actions in India not only because the British could not afford further defeat, but also because the primary British actant in the Mysore Wars and the Projection, Patriotism, Surrogation: Handel in Calcutta
This one defeat was the only hiccup in the team's steady progress up the League.
The enemy were defeated and fled in disorder.
Successive home defeats by Manchester United, Partizan Belgrade and Birmingham inside eight days left the 70-year-old down in the dumps and scratching his head.
I never consider the possibility of defeat.
The undefeated super middleweight champion defended his WBO title 14 times after beating Chris Eubank in 1997.
Although markets were jittery during the day as votes in the key state of Ohio were counted, stocks were buoyed after Mr Kerry conceded defeat.
But, most of these figures have a limited range of posture, with the bent head, suggesting defeat, or failure.
The Poincaré Conjecture remained unsolved during the entire twentieth century and defeated the efforts of many of the best topologists and geometers of the time.
Yet it is not his ability that marks him out for many, but his admitted use of a banned drug as part of his fight to defeat cancer
The team's defeat is a salutary warning before the World Cup.
Thus if the second casualty is due to an excepted peril, the rule of merger which applied in the case of an unrepaired partial loss to defeat the claim has no application.
The former world light welterweight champion hit a trough of despair after two high-profile defeats. The Sun
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
And as the new king takes over, the story gives us parables within parables about learning to accept death and defeat. Times, Sunday Times
Acting on reports from his scouts, Antony and the assassin Decimus Turullius set out with several legions and Galatian cavalry and defeated the leading legions; Octavian was compelled to halt. Antony and Cleopatra
It doesn't make the sting of defeat any less painful, and there are some who think it's all over, but the campaign has succeeded in whetting the media's appetite for a spectacular showdown on March 4, which is already being promoted as a sequel to Super Tuesday. Hillary Finished? - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com
In victory they were humble and in defeat superb. The Sun
After their comprehensive defeat at Scarborough last Saturday, York will be looking to get their Oxbridge ECB Yorkshire Premier League programme back on the rails this weekend.
Usually, what local parties do when certain defeat is in the offing is find some young up and comer and promise him or her the moon down the road in exchange for going down with the ship this time out. Lance Mannion:
The vast majority of Survivors who have scored the hidden immunity idol went on to slink out of there in ignominious defeat for not having played it. 'Survivor' preview: Too soon for a merge? | EW.com
Dole survived with a tactic that haunts him to this day: He used the abortion issue to defeat his opponent.
By not working hard enough you defeat your own purpose.
She defeat all her rival for the job with nonchalant ease.
It was Gillingham's seventh league defeat in a row, but coach John Gorman would not talk of relegation.
After the poll tax was defeated in 1991 Scottish Militant Labour was launched as an open political party.
When a main element is dependence on a unilaterally declared temporary cease-fire by one of the key violent actors on the scene – which has not been defeated and which can rescind the cease-fire at any time – how can it be termed a “success”, nevermind a “victory”? Matthew Yglesias » “Winning” The War
Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.
The air campaign proved insufficient to defeat a defending army without a major ground offensive.
Despite losing key players to injury, the team managed to remain undefeated in the final weeks of the season.
She deftly defeats those who dare challenge her with a relentless intensity.
I haven't forgotten the 'blackwash', the 'summer of 4 captains' and the excruciating Ashes defeats and dead rubber victories........now it's time for some payback. The Ashes 2010-11: Aussies beware – cricket is taking a kicking | Kevin Mitchell
As defeat stared him in the face he ordered his cavalry to cut their way through the enemy lines and escape to Plymouth.
The team suffered a shock defeat in the first round.
The Dukes are coming off a 73-69 loss to La Salle Monday, their fifth consecutive defeat.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. Napoleon Bonaparte
The failure to address indiscipline by proper punishment is a victory for the do-gooders and defeat for children's education.
the Romans had no pity for the defeated
As the warriors passed along the mountain trails, they watched for portents of future victory or defeat. THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World
NEWCASTLE, England - Newcastle midfielder Peter Lovenkrands was taken to hospital wearing breathing apparatus Saturday after collapsing during his side's 2-0 defeat against Chelsea. Tsn.ca Top Stories RSS
But several instances have come to my knowledge, in which Union men of a sterner cast than those described as acquiescing compromisers were defeated in the election, and, aside from Report on the Condition of the South
This, of course, defeats the purpose for which the medication is being given.
And so he has done the honourable thing and admitted US election defeat.
Florida admits defeat in fight to eradicate exotic purple swamphen Records don't support Florida Lt. Gov. South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - South Florida Recipes
They're also a fair bit hardier in terms of taking damage; for example, it can require multiple headshots to defeat them, which can make these encounters feel rather more arcade-like than the rest of the game.
He was bad-tempered and graceless in defeat.
His defeat in the world championship led to a long period of gloomy introspection.
Ronald Reagan is now being proposed as a replacement on the US dime or 10 cent piece for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the defeater of the Axis.
He had raided the downtown warehouse arena the night she defeated Melanie Squid in the Kumite.
By late in the first half United were staring at a seven-goal deficit and almost certain defeat.
He is counseled by a sports psychologist who helps him interpret and banish negative, self-defeating feelings.
Some City fans may not want to see him with the memories of last weekend's derby defeat still fresh in their minds. The Sun
They knew they were trying to ride a very weak and handicapped candidate to victory, and he went down to a much worse defeat than they had anticipated and so I think right now a lot of Democrats are stunned.
Outgoing Cah-lee-forn-ia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger really seizing the moment: "The San Francisco Giants defeated the Texas Rangers tonight, just like California voters are going to defeat the attempts of dirty Texas oil companies to undo our clean energy laws at the polls tomorrow Proposition 23, which would suspend the state's greenhouse gas law. HUFFPOST HILL - NOVEMBER 2ND, 2010
From the moment of Germany's defeat, the United States was active in apprehending war criminals, denazifying German society, and collecting and protecting archives of the Nazi regime, all of which have by now been declassified.
Everyone I contacted in my highly unscientific poll feels this election was more than a defeat.
Defeat in this important battle was the beginning of the end for us.
Detailed guidelines defeat the very purpose of guidelines. which is to allow considerable local flexibility and adjustment.
Turning away under a strong attack is a sure recipe for defeat.
He's a friggin 'schmuck, and I will campaign even harder to defeat Kennedy than almost any other Republican, because he's an opportunist. Your Right Hand Thief
He defeated the Russian who beat him in last year's semi-final to gain sweet revenge and the gold medal.
By putting the candidate whom you least want to see elected at the bottom of your ranking, you are helping to defeat him/her.
Real's defence of the cup has so far been unconvincing, even in last week's defeat of the Russians, but they are in little danger of failing to qualify.
It becomes virtually impossible when your enemy is trying to inflame every atavistic passion in order to defeat you.
First questions came from former Olympic champion and defeated finalist - US swimmer Janet Evans.
Leave it to the Democrats to once again snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. Rendell: 'Very unlikely' Clinton will win
(#2: The giant ape is defeated after the woman he groped and stalked wins a multi-million dollar harassment suit.) SF Tidbits for 7/5/08
The government was defeated in its attempt to pass the law by an opposition ambush.
When Prussia defeated France in 1870, it initiated the establishment of a new German Empire, a monarchy over monarchies.
Amidst all that humbles and scathes; amidst all that shatters from their life its verdure, smites to the dust the pomp and summit of their pride, and in the very heart of existence writeth a sudden and "strange defeature," -- they stand erect, -- riven, not uprooted, -- a monument less of pity than of awe! The Disowned — Complete
But they did not care a farthing about defeat, to which they became accustomed.
MOSCOW AP -- Denis Lebedev knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in the final round of their non-title cruiserweight fight in Moscow on Saturday, handing the American his third consecutive defeat. SI.com
The Outer Ring Road was designed to keep truck traffic away from the city, but the growth of the suburbs defeated this objective.
McCain was in New Hampshire to deliver a tough speech on Iraq, criticizing what he called defeatism, asking voters to give the surge a chance, asking them to give him one, too. CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2007
While Kapoor's structure may yet succeed in attracting global attention to an impoverished corner of England, the chants of "We want Gordon Strachan out" which proved the soundtrack to the latter parts of the deserved 2-1 defeat by Leeds United on Saturday evening indicated the Scot is no longer being offered the benefit of the doubt. Gordon Strachan running out of time to revive Middlesbrough's fortunes
The British were engaged, and routed, and then defeated en masse at an unnamed river normally identified as the Thames.
The undefeated juniors lead their group after home wins against the Czech Republic and Malta, and a draw with Denmark.
In 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
I say it and I say it emphatically, without wishing for one moment to defeat the ends of justice, accused was not accessory before the act and prosecutrix has not been tampered with. Ulysses
But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated. Ernest Hemingway
He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.
The English recovered most of western Gascony, but in July 1453 a French army defeated Talbot at Castillon and Talbot himself, a paladin greatly admired by French and English alike, was killed.
Can we expect to defeat terrorism without also discrediting the ideas and passions that underlie it?
Manager of its football team from 1963 to 1974, this prince of charm was a true gentleman, magnanimous in defeat and generous in victory.
Nice to see that it's 13 without defeat in the league - the longest streak I can remember.
Fifth-placed Eccleshill, with one defeat in four, will provide a stern test tomorrow.
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has accepted defeat in his pursuit of Sevilla fullback Daniel Alves.
I can accept defeat but could not accept to give up .
Why don't you just admit defeat and let someone else try?
Two good efforts in defeat this season, both on unsuitably softish ground, herald the chances of Top Dirham, who will have conditions to his liking this time.
The regime is crumbling fast and its proud, stubborn old President faces the imminent prospect of defeat. Times, Sunday Times
The motion was accepted/passed/defeated/rejected.
We may be magnanimous in victory but we do so enjoy a good defeat, too. Times, Sunday Times
You must learn to accept defeat with good grace.
It was the Christian Democratic Party's fourth successive electoral defeat.
That capture of a weakened Labour machine by the Left would not suffice to defeat the new Conservatism.
Unable to present a viable alternative, the royalists were outmanoeuvred, sidelined and, in 1998, defeated.
The most important thing is not to admit defeat until you really have to.
A mood of defeat permeated the whole army.
Saval's defence was mainly to blame for this defeat after conceding three soft goals.
His study identified a variety of ways that a bank employee could defeat the main line of defence in the central security system guarding PIN numbers.
But if the Yankees haven't won a World Series since 2000, why should their defeat this year signify anything?
By not working hard enough you defeat your own purpose.
I have spent too much time sulking about my two defeats. Times, Sunday Times

How To Use Defeat In A Sentence

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