Sentence examples for defeats down from inspiring English sources

Four defeats down, the America's Cup defender, Oracle Team USA, retired hurt from the race track on San Francisco Bay, declining to contest race six against their gritty challengers from Emirates Team New Zealand.

"But if you see additional defeats down the line, those questions will be raised".

Two games and two defeats down the line with Derby leave the side which the former Bolton manager inherited from Jim Smith third bottom of the Premiership.

England have suffered some tough World Cup defeats down the years, not least their 36-0 pool thrashing by South Africa in Paris in 2007, but few as mentally shattering as Saturday's.

"We put the defeats down to Saracens and Exeter playing us out of the game.

He made his debut against Australia at the Millennium Stadium in December 2011, and played every game in Wales' 3-0 Teseriesies defeat down under in the summer.

Some are feeling defeated, hunkered down, licking wounds.

The wobbly Congress-led coalition government, wounded by recent state-election defeats, backed down, in one of several U-turns in the finance bill published this week (see article).

The world number one has also won seven other ranking tournaments, while one of only two defeats was down to an injury retirement.

Also, various radical groups within government aren't going to take this defeat lying down".

There's not taking "defeat" lying down, and there's complaining to Russian president Vladimir Putin about it on Twitter.