Sentence examples for defeat getting from inspiring English sources

Again, a small victory in the face of defeat: getting a banned exile's voice was some compensation for Rushdie's absence, a lesser but not insignificant show of anti-censorship defiance.

Greene, who did not run in any of the heats but went straight to the final, said he would not let the defeat get him down.

But I basically buy the demographic argument now, and there is no real hunger for change in the G.O.P. Every national election defeat gets softened by a midterm pickup.

But, in the end, their refusal to accept defeat got them over the line and they now look well placed to reach the last eight.

Once you stop being personal about defeat, the defeat gets defeated and you get positivity in your mind.

"I turn pretty unemotional and I don't let victories make me complacent as well as not letting defeats get me down," he said.

Alex Neil, the inspirational Scotsman who answered jibes of "Alex who?" on his appointment in January by guiding Norwich to a run of 16 wins in 24 games with only three defeats, got into his team at the break and the difference showed.

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"The margins of defeat are getting bigger and bigger," said an evidently exasperated Dhoni to a TV channel after the defeat.

Now, the House is conceding defeat on getting immigration measures into the DHS bill.

Earlier this year he was probably two defeats from getting the sack after a 4-0 home shellacking to Aston Villa.