Sentence examples for anticipated defeat from inspiring English sources

Mr Harris had plainly anticipated defeat.

Political analysts heard the speech as a warning cry that says much about the anticipated defeat of the Socialist Party, weighed down by the unpopularity of the government and the French disenchantment with the European Union.

1813), depicts a lost French soldier dwarfed by a dense forest, while on a tree stump a raven is perched a prophet of doom, symbolizing the anticipated defeat of France.

Even before the results were announced, gangs on both sides began rampaging, anticipating defeat.

Now he has been saved from humiliation in open conference after the committee of delegates – anticipating defeat at union hands – yanked the expected vote off the agenda.

What would it be to have no hopes, to believe that things only get worse, to expect failure and anticipate defeat?

I headed to the count for Tooting late last night glumly anticipating defeat for Sadiq Khan, followed by similar fates for his colleagues Karen Buck in Westminster North, Clive Efford in Eltham, Andy Slaughter in Hammersmith and even Jon Cruddas in Dagenham and Rainham.

Clearly anticipating defeat, Mr Prescott stayed away from the referendum count at Sunderland's Crowtree Leisure Centre and hid away at a university library in readiness for a press conference to be held at 2am.

Two weeks earlier, anticipating defeat, the rebels had retreated in what Lokujo described as "tactical withdrawal".

Three victories - over Georgia, Republic of Ireland and Sunday's demolition of Gibraltar - were anticipated, while defeat away to Germany would also have been considered likely.

As the polls had widely anticipated, Democrats defeated the Republicans in Congress and also gained control of the Senate by a narrow margin in the U.S. midterm elections in early November.