Sentence examples for be defeating from inspiring English sources
verb
To overcome in battle or contest.
- Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
India's railways, the country's largest employer, are in the hands of Mamata Banerjee, a populist leader whose sole aim appears to be defeating the Communist Party of India in West Bengal and putting her party, the Trinamool Congress, in power.
While the Turkish moves are likely to increase pressure on Isis in one of its last major redoubts, they are also likely to amplify an ongoing conflict between Ankara and Washington over the direction of the war, in particular whether the priority should be defeating Isis or preserving Syria's territorial integrity.
But perhaps more challenging than defeating competitors will be defeating the perfectionist mindset.
The biggest challenge for Specs will be defeating the status quo: taking photos and videos with your phone.
"There's a lot of hard work to be done but we can't walk away from our one medal target - if we did, we would be defeating ourselves".
It would be defeating the purpose to reveal who I am.
Will the Maoists be defeated?
We shall not be defeated".
