Sentence examples for being defeated by an from inspiring English sources

British women's pair Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin failed to make the last 16 after being defeated by an Austrian couple in a "lucky loser" play-off.

Instead of being defeated by an increasingly messy manuscript, every change immediately reordered the score and I found myself working the material much harder.

There is something singularly humiliating about being defeated by an area nicknamed "Muesli Mountain".

Board 64 was flat, four spades being defeated by a defensive ruff.

Pakula, elected in 1946, served another decade before being defeated by a Democratic challenger in 1958, Seymour R. Thaler.

The vote on tabling the Blunt Amendment resulted in the bill being defeated by a vote of 51-48.

Zanu-PF will never be defeated by an MDC faction.

Note that six hearts by North could be defeated by an immediate club ruff.

The game could have been defeated by an improbable opening lead in a minor suit.

He scored 2,330, but could have been defeated by an opening trump lead.

Matteo Renzi has been defeated – by an extraordinary margin – in Sunday's referendum on constitutional reform.