Sentence examples for a devastating defeat from inspiring English sources

The Islamists knew that this time they faced a devastating defeat.

If the Socialists were to lose Paris, this would signal a devastating defeat.

Arsenal had begun the new campaign with a devastating defeat at home to Aston Villa.

His time at the helm of the capital club was all but officially over after a devastating defeat against Cagliari.

It was a devastating defeat for the Penguins, who to a man felt they should have won the game.

In the wake of a devastating defeat, Bryant strained to make light of his team's mental state.

With that one swing, Barajas salvaged what only a few minutes before was shaping up as a potentially devastating defeat.

McMaster cut his teeth in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, a quick and devastating defeat of Saddam Hussein's overmatched military, a force notably short on morale and fighting spirit.

If they lose, the Raptors will immediately have to turn their attention to what would be a far more devastating defeat, the potential free-agent defection of Tracy McGrady.

Fassel would be 0-2 as a head coach in the playoffs, another devastating defeat as a bookend to the Giants' 23-22 loss to Minnesota in 1997, a game the Giants led by 9 points with 90 seconds remaining.

Or in the event of a lost season, his most devastating defeat — and who knows what after that.