Sentence examples for a staggering defeat from inspiring English sources

With such a staggering defeat, there was an inevitable need to look for reasons.

It was a staggering defeat and humiliation for the mainstream parties.

"The government has to be wary of bringing charges in a very high-profile prosecution and then suffering a staggering defeat".

The country had just suffered a staggering defeat in the Six Day War with Israel, and protests against the government followed.

But those reinforcements were quickly surrounded at Kinsale, and Tyrone suffered a staggering defeat (December 1601) while attempting to break the siege.

Instead of answering questions about another well-pitched victory, the Yankees were left to deal with a staggering defeat, 4-3 thethe Kansas City Royals, after their offense betrayed them.

Hart added that the Holyhead players had been "shell-shocked" by the staggering defeat.

The story of the Army's staggering defeat had the result of turning Indians connected with battle — such as Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull — into sympathetic celebrities, all aided by the rise of technology such as the telegraph, four-color printing and photography.

South Vietnamese forces at first suffered staggering defeats, but Nixon, in an operation code-named Linebacker, unleashed U.S. air power against the North, mined Haiphong Harbour (the principal entry point for Soviet seaborne supplies), and ordered hundreds of U.S. aircraft into action against the invasion forces and their supply lines.

However, two Democratic presidents, both saddled with similarly bad economies, didn't learn the lesson of Truman that advocating vigorously for workers' rights was a path to political victory, and they suffered staggering defeats.

Given the staggering defeats that NOM has suffered in the past year, a search for a new raison d'être is imperative for their organization to survive.