Sentence examples for defeat for three from inspiring English sources

Bayern Munich suffered their first defeat for three months when the Bundesliga leaders lost 2-1 at home to Mainz.

Toulon had not suffered a bigger European defeat for five years.

IN AN election year, almost anything the Supreme Court does is interpreted as a victory or defeat for one political camp or the other.

The ruling was a defeat for four AT&T employees who each took at least one maternity leave from 1968 to 1976 and had sued.

The ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court was a defeat for two voters who had sued and were backed by the state Republican Party.

Rainsberger worries that Chirlee is being deprived of a valuable opportunity to compete against American runners he will attempt to defeat for one of three Olympic team spots at the Olympic marathon trials on Jan . 14 , 2012

It was a striking defeat for one of Mr. Obama's highest priorities, on an issue that has consumed much of the country since Adam Lanza opened fire with an assault weapon in the halls of Sandy Hook Elementary School in December.

It's a national election with important implications, it's wide open, and it's going to result in an embarrassing defeat for one of the Axelrod Messina tandem.

Mr. Vacco did not concede defeat for six weeks, mounting a highly controversial effort to convince a court that tens of thousands of New York City voters had cast ballots illegally, and that either he should be declared the winner or the election should be held again.

But Harris's 4-32 senthehe Proteas to a first series defeat for five years.

Lopez had to settle for Olympic bronze in Beijing - incredibly, it was his first defeat for six years.