Sentence examples for defeated since from inspiring English sources

Fighting mainly top opponents, Pacquiao hadn't been defeated since 2005; he was widely considered the best fighter in the world, or perhaps (after Floyd Mayweather) the second-best.

It was, Mr. Clinton said, the first major treaty to be defeated since the Senate voted against United States membership in the League of Nations in 1920.

Konta, who had not been defeated since losing in the first round of this year's Wimbledon, could not be faulted for her effort but her lack of experience at the highest level was telling.

The prospect of a binding vote has proved controversial with some investors after data from shareholder advisory group Pirc found just 18 remuneration reports had been defeated since the advisory voted was introduced.

Representative John Carter, a Texas Republican, introduced the resolution, saying that he knew it would be defeated since Democrats are the majority party, but that he wanted to "put sunlight on the issue".

"We haven't seen a first-term government defeated since the Great Depression, so it is eight decades.

It was the first time a sitting Speaker had been defeated since 1860.

Lots of politicians with impressive résumés and famous names have managed to surprise people by losing primaries and general elections: Tom Foley, then the Democratic Speaker of the House, lost in 1994 to George Nethercutt, Jr., the first Speaker to be defeated since 1862.

Manuel and his Florida teammates have not defeated Florida State since.

They have not defeated the Patriots since then.

In 1960, Navy became the first team other than Hopkins to defeat Maryland since 1954.