How To Use Pyrrhic In A Sentence
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It would have been a pyrrhic victory had he succeeded: Satyanand revealed that the police file had disappeared.
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But it could be a pyrrhic victory which does the West no good in the long term.
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This is that ‘peace’ in that troubled province is of the most bitterly pyrrhic kind.
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This was indeed a Pyrrhic victory, because West Indies cricket was assuredly the loser.
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He is still the man to beat, but his capture of the nomination, if it eventually occurs, has an increasingly pyrrhic feel, since the longer the contests go on, the clearer it becomes that most Republicans do not really support him.
US Republicans: divided they stand | Editorial
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Another pyrrhic victory is likely to be added to an already long list.
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Let our political discourse focus on this, and perhaps, more pyrrhic victories can be avoided.
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She won the court case, but it was a Pyrrhic victory because she had to pay so much in legal fees.
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pyrrhic verses
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Classical prosody distinguished several other feet, some of which are occasionally mentioned in treatises on English verse: amphibrach ◡ _ ◡, tribrach ◡ ◡ ◡, pyrrhic ◡ ◡, paeon _ ◡ ◡ ◡, choriamb _ ◡ ◡ _.
The Principles of English Versification
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Consideration of the most common of those variations, the spondaic (two stressed) and the pyrrhic (two unstressed), which are often found together forming what some have called the ionic foot, completes the chapter walking us into consideration of the line.
THE PROSODY HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO POETIC FORM by ROBERT BEUM & KARL SHAPIRO
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Given an opportunity to win only a small victory (or, in your case, a pyrrhic victory), will you take a significant risk?
Beating the Odds: Why Do People Insist on Even Bets?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Rather than settling for a costly pyrrhic victory on these issues, the Commission should heed the call of the National Organizations - and countless others - to defer any necessary regulatory fixes to Congress and instead focus on addressing the issues of most immediate importance.
David Honig: A Decisive Moment for Broadband Internet Access
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No doubt, Sunday's win could turn out to be a pyrrhic victory.
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Perhaps the specter of losing the nomination after being dubbed the putative front runner, or of gaining the nomination in a bitterly divisive nomination contest then losing the presidency, might be likened to a Pyrrhic victory.
Gloria Feldt: Which Greek Tragedy are Hillary and Bill Enacting?
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In a pyrrhic victory, I watch the American half of my children merge - more gracefully than I - into Kiwis.
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Barack Obama signs health care bill amid warnings of Pyrrhic victory.
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The American veto officially blocked the resolution, in a classic example of a pyrrhic victory.
William Bradley: If Obama Loses, It Won't Be Because "It's the Economy, Stupid"
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If the president succeeds in imposing ObamaCare, it will be a Pyrrhic victory.
Well, at least he didn’t blame it all on the Jews. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
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To date he has won only pyrrhic victories on foundation hospitals and university top-up fees.
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The Khomeinists will do well, but will lack legitimacy, and it may be a pyrrhic victory for them.
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More troops would be sent, and eventually the British would grind their way to a pyrrhic victory.
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Each pàda may be divided into three feet, the second always consisting of a choriambus, and the third of two iambics; while the first foot in the first pàda consists of a pyrrhic, in the second pàda of an anap æ st.
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pyrrhic dance movements
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She won the court case, but it was a Pyrrhic victory because she had to pay so much in legal fees.
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But, as 2002 revealed, it had been a pyrrhic victory.
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Consideration of the most common of those variations, the spondaic (two stressed) and the pyrrhic (two unstressed), which are often found together forming what some have called the ionic foot, completes the chapter walking us into consideration of the line.
THE PROSODY HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO POETIC FORM by ROBERT BEUM & KARL SHAPIRO
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Unless that is done, any military success in Afghanistan will be a pyrrhic victory.
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Looked at through other lenses, however, the victory was pyrrhic, meaning that the legitimacy losses, collateral and direct, were substantial enough to lead one to wonder whether the victory was cost effective.
TrinidadExpress Today's News
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If the U.S. wins the battle of competitive devaluation, it may prove to be a pyrrhic victory, as our gains come at the expense of others — including those to whom we hope to export.
Why Easier Money Won't Work
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The pyrrhic victory came as violence continues unabated in Gujarat.
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The Liberals bought a pyrrhic victory, one that will sow the seeds of its own destruction.
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Nine times out of ten I lost, and made his a pyrrhic victory at best.
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The victory was pyrrhic because the Indonesian Police started investigating the company for alleged corruption.
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If that happens, even a Walker victory would be a pyrrhic one.
Will Americans' support for public workers matter?
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I had him flogged, but it was a pyrrhic victory: the woman promptly ran off with the peasant, and the tour guide with my money.
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Yet win he did, and that pyrrhic victory effectively condemned the party to the position it occupies today.
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For the council, however, it is something of a pyrrhic victory.
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Analysts at Moody's Investors Service warned in a November report that limiting bonuses would be a "pyrrhic victory for taxpayers.
Fannie Counsel Is Internal CEO Candidate
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A more ‘equitable’, though ruined, Venezuela would be a pyrrhic victory indeed.
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She won the court case, but it was a Pyrrhic victory because she had to pay so much in legal fees.
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If not getting the World Cup is a victory, then surely it's a kind of pyrrhic victory.
The Guardian World News
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a Pyrrhic victory
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I don't know where the pain-killer story will lead, but the football story is probably a pyrrhic victory for the thought control police.
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But at the High Court this month he won what can only be described as a pyrrhic victory, ending his battle against what he and many others see as the closed and unaccountable world of private hospitals.