Sentence examples for defeated posture from inspiring English sources

Small wonder I felt a kinship with this lump of a man, with his oily skin, defeated posture, the eyes dazed and unfazed.

Dillane barely uttered a word but everything from his defeated posture to his weary eyes showed the terrible price Stannis paid for losing the battle of Blackwater.

The defeated posture that comes from having your dreams systematically stripped away is realized through good (and it is good) old-fashioned acting.

And in "Footfalls," in which a woman recalls the death of her mother (played by Delphi Harrington), the stooped, defeated posture Ms. Seldes assumes suggests a girl pretending to be an old crone.

The defeated posture, the constant smoking from which Judy derives no pleasure are the hallmarks of first-rate performing.

If you find yourself frowning or hunching over in a defeated posture, this can make you feel more negative.

As these total strangers filed in and took their seat in a circle of chairs I noted similarities- dark circles under our eyes, blank stares and hunched, defeated postures.

"The risk he runs, however, is that the insurgency is not really defeated, only disrupted temporarily and for political posturing," he said.

We should also expect to see more irresponsible reporting of leaked information and, as a result, silly and defensive posturing by companies suggesting that they have defeated the intelligence communities.

In the process, he committed the administration to a more vigorous posture in defeating missiles launched against the American homeland, U.S. troops stationed overseas, and key allies.

He will be in a stronger position to negotiate toward all of these goals by adopting the posture he announced yesterday than he would have been if he had participated in the runoff and been defeated.