Sentence examples for defeat sound from inspiring English sources

He made the defeat sound enjoyable.

Even defeat sounds more attractive when it is fair and square.A sense of fairness, as any parent knows, develops irritatingly early.

The result was a 6-2, 6-3 upset and Williams' first loss at the Australian Open since 2008, and when it was over, Williams, who often seethes in defeat, sounded close to philosophical.

The defeat sounds the final note of a dismal tour for England captain Alastair Cook, who will fly home before the teams contest a three-match Twenty20 series.

The remaining two styles — the Competent Loner and the Defeated — sound equally dispiriting, but Hetherington insists that the Competent Loner represents a "divorce winner" every bit as much as the Enhancer.

"This is a victory for the environmental lobby and a defeat of sound science," he wrote in the 20 January 2009 edition of the Vancouver newspaper The Province.

After last night's crushing defeat, this sounds like wishful thinking.

With an assist from the Obama team, House Republicans and a handful of Democrats have defeated a sound bipartisan measure to reform the Census Bureau.

Chris Hughton's position as manager has been tenuous ever since a 7-0 drubying by Manchester City in November, and after Saturday's comprehensive defeat he sounded like a man at a loss over how to correct the travel sickness that has seen his team lose their last six away games.

Even his courage, as she describes it - "never defeated" - sounds somehow soldierly.

But Capriati said she has heard it all from Serena before, explanations for defeats that sounded too much like excuses.