Sentence examples for defeating from inspiring English sources

For the first time Warwickshire won the NatWest T20 Blast trophy by defeating Lancashire by four runs.

On Wednesday he has a much tougher test in the second round, against the rising Australian Nick Kyrgios, who looked outstanding in defeating Denis Istomin 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

Once again, while myopic politicians preach tired sermons pioneered by President Richard Nixon about defeating the scourge of narcotics, there is a safer and more sensible alternative if only they displayed a little courage.

Inverness followed up their win at Hamilton last Saturday by deservedly defeating a poor Motherwell team 2-0 at Fir Park to go top of the Scottish Premiership table.

The Buddies had not tasted success on home turf since defeating Ross County by the same scoreline last May at the tailend of last season.

After defeating three rivals for the post, McDonnell said it was "the proudest moment of my political life".

But often he appears more interested in enhancing his own power, and his actions may be self-defeating.

But Abeille argued that government intervention in the grain trade was self-defeating.

Worse still, the new bill is self-defeating.

Trying to go further and faster has been utterly self-defeating.

It is a policy which recognises that cuts that kill the prospect of renewed growth are self-defeating, as France's weekend credit rating downgrade explicitly acknowledged.