Sentence examples for defeat down from inspiring English sources

He made his debut against Australia at the Millennium Stadium in December 2011, and played every game in Wales' 3-0 Teseriesies defeat down under in the summer.

Pietersen, who scored 8,181 runs at an average of 47 in 104 Tests, had his contract terminated following England's 5-0 Ashes defeat down under as the England and Wales Cricket Board set out to create a new "team ethic" without the South Africa-born batsman.

Klopp refused to put the defeat down to it merely being an off-day.

Its ads boasted that "military and naval power drove this enemy to defeat down a road built by research".

Robinson put his side's defeat down to the conservative, counter-attacking style approach adopted by DC United, complaining, "teams come here and play differently.

Storming back from the brink of defeat, down 24-0 athehalfalf, Sunday's win over Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos was not only impressive, it was also the biggest comeback of Tom Brady's career.

Four defeats down, the America's Cup defender, Oracle Team USA, retired hurt from the race track on San Francisco Bay, declining to contest race six against their gritty challengers from Emirates Team New Zealand.

Some are feeling defeated, hunkered down, licking wounds.

Also, various radical groups within government aren't going to take this defeat lying down".

There's not taking "defeat" lying down, and there's complaining to Russian president Vladimir Putin about it on Twitter.

They rested while Real Madrid succumbed to a third straight defeat, going down, 3-2, to a feisty Villarreal.