Sentence examples for cruelly defeated from inspiring English sources
They were cruelly defeated in injury-time in the Nou Camp.
Spain was defeated and surrendered.
But he may go on to discover that high political ambition can be more cruelly mocked when it succeeds than when it is thwarted by defeat.
In an unusual reference to intelligence, the British foreign secretary said Baghdadi's audio recording issued on Thursday calling for the defeat of the Iraqi forces fighting to liberate Mosul was "cruelly ironic since some of the intelligence we have suggests he had himself vacated the scene himself and is yet using internet media to encourage others to take part in violence".
The one exception was last month's 2-1 home defeat by Manchester City when, after outplaying the champions, they were cruelly stung by two goals in the last 10 minutes.
After the 20-13 defeat by Wales last month, one of Saint-André's predecessors as the national coach, Bernard Laporte, cruelly compared him to Raymond Domenech, the hapless coach of the France football team who sparked a mutiny among his players during the 2010 World Cup.
That was cruelly smashed.
