Sentence examples for defining defeat from inspiring English sources

The error came almost two months after a slip against Chelsea that led to a defining defeat as Liverpool came up just short in their quest for a first title in 24 years.

After his slip against Chelsea that led to a defining defeat as Liverpool came up just short in their quest for a first title in 24 years, Sao Paulo was another harrowing moment in his career.

It was a flaw ruthlessly exposed by Uruguay's Luis Suarez in what proved to be a defining defeat in Sao Paulo.

That would have been a stunning reversal of what is fast becoming conventional wisdom: The war in Afghanistan cannot be won as winning is now defined -- defeat of the Taliban, eradication of al-Qaeda and the preservation of a functioning central government run by someone like our close friend and cherished ally, Hamid Karzai.

Rodgers had few match-changing options available on the rare occasions Suárez's or Sturridge's contribution dipped during the title run-in, or when Liverpool ran out of patience in that defining home defeat by Chelsea.

Modern Turkey's defining event the defeat of a Greek expeditionary force dispatched with Western backing was also the starting-point of a ruthless reform effort whose declared aims included "fighting religion" and ending the theocratic backwardness of the Ottomans.

He said that Obama had "too narrowly defined" efforts to defeat the enemy.

The subtitle of this collection of stories — "Four Short Novels" — announces their ambition: each unfolds over decades, tracking with dispassionate precision how youthful notions come to define, and even defeat, a life.

Not much went right for Nalbandian and the home team after that, however, and the testy off-court relationship between Nalbandian and Del Potro has come to define that surprising defeat for Argentines.

He told The New Yorker in February that Obama had "too narrowly defined" efforts to defeat the group and called for "fighting these guys on the battlefield".

MORE RESOLVE NEEDED: The Ducks' ability to bounce back after defeat defined their regular season, in which they earned the top seed in the Western Conference and gained the home-ice advantage they'll lean on in what's now a best-of-three series.