Sentence examples for endured defeat from inspiring English sources

His leadership was questioned during his injury-enforced three-month layoff, as his side endured defeat after scandal after defeat.

Rafael Benitez's team have endured defeat in the Club World Cup against Corinthians and a gruelling flight from Japan ahead of the quarter-final at Elland Road.

He has endured defeat against Leeds in each of the last three Grand Finals but will now end one of the greatest post-war careers at Old Trafford next Saturday against either the Rhinos or Wigan, who meet in a mouthwatering grudge match at Headingley tomorrow night.

History suggests true affection will be born only when he endures defeat, gracefully accepted and bravely combated.

Back in the second tier of the league, Burley led the club to three consecutive promotion playoffs, but they were to endure defeats in all three semi-finals.

It is, above all, the story of Napoleon's ambition, his love of war, and the grim shifts his enemies endured to defeat him.

They have been mercilessly whipped, endured heartbreaking defeat, gone down as both favourites and outsiders, at home and on the road.

Lincoln, he said, marveled at the enormous hardships the Continental Army had endured to defeat the British in the Battle of Trenton in 1776.

Leicester City's winning run in the Champions League came to an end while Tottenham Hotspur endured another defeat at Wembley to hamper their hopes of qualification.

In June, Montana endured another defeat defending its elections system, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state's ban on corporate political money was unconstitutional.

And before this weekend, without a win in eight, having endured four defeats in a row, they felt like they were.