Sentence examples for a quick defeat from inspiring English sources

Yet the Minnesotans held the Union line, even charged Confederate positions; and their courage prevented a quick defeat.

Yes, it's the sort of thing where there are objectives most players will ignore, leading to a quick defeat.

"It seems highly improbable that there would be a quick defeat of eastern Aleppo," the source said.

What they decide could mean either a quick defeat of the regime or a protracted mess that would amount at best to a Pyrrhic victory for allied troops.

Though his plans for a quick defeat of the Soviet Union had not been realized, Hitler's troops at the end of 1941 controlled much of the European territory of the Soviet Union.

The establishment of Israel, a Western-sponsored nation, and the displacement of the Palestinians led to war and a quick defeat of the united Arab nations.

The establishment of Israel, a Western-sponsored nation, and the displacement of the Palestinians led to war and an quick defeat of the united Arab nations.

Their quick defeat of the rebellion seemed to restore Clegg's political confidence: "Nick got through that," Ashdown recalled.

When Britain sent a military mission to Greece after Italy invaded in October 1940, he served in Athens until Italy's surprisingly quick defeat.

But the euphoria Israelis felt following his quick defeat has dissipated, Mr. Baram says, and has been replaced by anxiety over the possibility of American failure in Iraq.

They are convinced that Saddam's base of support is narrow, but they discount the chance of an internal coup, a popular uprising, defections by the officer corps, or of easy US victory on the pattern of the quick defeat of the Taliban by means of air power.