Sentence examples for a defeat of from inspiring English sources

So I think what you see is not a defeat of austerity; it's a defeat of economic plans that don't work.

A defeat of the mayor's measure could be a deterrent for other cities considering similar steps.

Argentina play Georgia, who opened with a defeat of Tonga and will be a challenging test.

"We are calling for a defeat of the FN," she told French radio.

The defeat of May's Brexit plan is not a defeat of Brexit.

… North Dakota State claimed the Summit League with a defeat of Omaha.

Wisconsin, loser of 11 games, followed its win over Michigan in the conference tournament with a defeat of Indiana.

This disaster, born of complacency and neglect, signals a defeat of the common good by special-interest politics.

But Republicans say that a defeat of Mr. Bush would not usher in a moderate new era.

And a defeat of terrorism in Afghanistan would rob the world's terrorist movements of much of their momentum.

(Dee, too, sees nature as a defeat of time's arrow: "All fields are places of outlasting transience. They reset time").