Sentence examples for defeat of doing from inspiring English sources

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The other day, as I looked down on the field of cubicles from the "resting area" on the balcony, I felt an urge to read aloud from a Graham Greene story I had disregarded in my 20s: "Are you prepared for the years of effort, 'the long defeat of doing nothing well'?

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It could be really beautiful art but still be off-putting to a kid, which would defeat the point of doing the book.

If the defeat of Isis did not come easily, three inherent weaknesses of its project always made it likely in the long term.

But Monday's Dior show represented a kind of defeat of his way of doing things.

Representative Keith Ellison, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee, said on Thursday, even before the defeat of Trumpcare, "Don't just be satisfied with defeating Trumpcare ― set your sights on creating real Medicare for all!" Expanding Medicare is winning policy and politics.

But was there ever a credible basis for carrying that battle to Iraq? Don't misunderstand -- we should all be glad to see the Iraqi people freed from Saddam Hussein's tyranny, and the defeat of Iraq did spell the demise of the world's No. 4 state sponsor of international terrorism (Iran, Syria and Sudan all have more blood on their hands in the last decade).

The defeat of death does not necessarily mean the immediate abolition of hell, however.

The defeat of Communism did not mean that everyone had become a liberal.

In order to focus on the defeat of Germany and Japan, Washington did not wish to disrupt its alliance with the Soviet Union.

"I hope that the defeat of TPP doesn't spill over into an open season on trade, because we'd end up losing a tremendous amount".

It is suggested that it is not enough for Donald Trump to simply lose; instead, he must lose by a wide margin--and, we are further told, that if this sort of defeat of Trump does not take place, it is our fault and not the fault of Hillary Clinton, the Clinton campaign, or the Democratic Party.

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