Sentence examples for a dramatic defeat in from inspiring English sources

Instead, they have delivered three semi-final failures, a dramatic defeat in the final by the hosts, South Africa, in 1995 (captured for Hollywood in "Invictus") and, in 2007, a quarter-final loss to France which Kiwis remember as a national tragedy.This time they have home advantage and awesome form.

Andrew Strauss was a team-mate for one of his three Championship appearances, a dramatic defeat by Essex in Chelmsford, and he received three penalty points for showing dissent at an lbw decision and smashing a ball into the advertising hoardings during what turned out to be his last match against Warwickshire.

Crawley face relegation after conceding two goals in the final three minutes in a dramatic defeat at Peterborough.

But in a dramatic defeat, Mr. Bersani stepped down late Friday evening after rebels broke ranks and voted against the two presidential candidates proposed by the Democratic Party leadership.

Recently however, following a dramatic defeat by Auburn, a low-hanging, inescapable cloud of melancholy and regret engulfed the campus.

Gillingham produced an even more impressive display of resolve a couple of years later when they recovered from the most dramatic defeat in play-offs history.

After the dramatic defeat in the first Test at Trent Bridge, "it hurts too much to be philosophical".

In the wake of Hands's dramatic defeat in New York, analysts said it was unlikely that investors in his private equity firm Terra Firma would now stump up more cash to prevent the firm from breaching the terms of banking covenants agreed with Citigroup, which is owed £3bn.

He wrote his final column  for the paper after Australia's dramatic defeat in the first Test at Newlands.

But reclaiming the individual 200m butterfly title was Phelps' main target in Rio following his dramatic defeat in London four years ago.

Clinton's dramatic defeat to Barack Obama in the 2008 Iowa caucus dealt a huge blow to her presidential prospects.