Sentence examples for dramatic defeat from inspiring English sources

Recently however, following a dramatic defeat by Auburn, a low-hanging, inescapable cloud of melancholy and regret engulfed the campus.

Clinton's dramatic defeat to Barack Obama in the 2008 Iowa caucus dealt a huge blow to her presidential prospects.

Back to the future seems to be the pre-cooked consensus response to Labour's dramatic defeat last week.

There has been intense speculation about the elder Miliband's intentions since his dramatic defeat by his brother.

After the dramatic defeat in the first Test at Trent Bridge, "it hurts too much to be philosophical".

Evans collided with the Wales full-back Lee Byrne during Scotland's dramatic defeat at the Millennium Stadium in this year's Six Nations.

The first months of the Civil War had been a series of humiliating lessons for the citizens and soldiers of the Union, highlighted by dramatic defeats at Bull Run and Wilson's Creek.

President Obama's Democratic Party suffered dramatic defeats to Republicans in Congressional midterms on Tuesday, in an election largely seen as a referendum on Obama Administration policies.

After a dramatic military defeat, Hidalgo was captured in early 1811 and executed.

But this morning's German papers are full of grown-up men showing their emotions following Germany's dramatic 2-0 defeat last night by Italy.

The Independent's main headline, "A tale of two wars", was rather odd, but the sub-deck said: "PM suffers dramatic commons defeat as Labour hardens opposition to air strikes".