Sentence examples for first ever defeat from inspiring English sources

It was the first ever defeat Blair had".

Theories will abound now after Denman's first ever defeat over fences.

Italy had inflicted the crew's first ever defeat at Lucerne a few weeks ago, a reverse that, to say the least, was badly taken.

Proving that you can be a top-quality racehorse and still let everyone down, New Approach suffered his first ever defeat in the 2008 Guineas.

Holland have three points, with their first ever defeat by Iceland arriving after losing their first group game to the Czechs.

Aside from his European award, perhaps the high point of Sivori's career came in February 1962, when he scored the goal which condemned Real Madrid to their first ever defeat at home in the European Cup.

At the World Cup Regatta in Lucerne in July 2000 the unthinkable happened, the "unbeatable" four of Redgrave, Pinsent, Foster and Cracknell suffered their first ever defeats – in the semi-final by New Zealand – and then came home fourth in the final behind Italy, the Kiwis and Australia.

The defending champion Graeme McDowell suffered only his third ever defeat in the Volvo World Match Play Championship on Thursday, while his Ryder Cup team-mate Stephen Gallacher's singles losing streak reached double figures.

Mikko Ilonen inflicted just a third ever defeat on Graeme McDowell at the World Match Play Championship in Kent.

It was Garrincha's first-ever defeat as a member of A Seleção - in his last international.

It was the first-ever defeat in a nationwide election for the Concertación, which has ruled Chile ever since the end of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship in 1990.