Sentence examples for for having defeated from inspiring English sources

Connecticut claimed most of the southern part of the colony by right of conquest for having defeated the Narragansetts.

Connecticut claimed most of the southern part of the colony by right of conquest for having defeated the Narragansett.

He's also known, locally, for having defeated his current opponent, the ex-Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns, in a milking contest (painful, since Johanns is the son of a dairy farmer).

Jimmy Carter still blames him for having defeated the healthcare reform bill he proposed while in the White House, claiming in 2010 that the recently deceased Kennedy did so out of personal spite and a desire to prevent Carter from a major success so that he could take over as president himself.

The notion that after all the time and trouble, he finally gets the girl is stunning to readers because such a long, grueling pursuit being fulfilled is an amazing feat; Gatsby is extraordinary for having defeated insurmountable odds fro the woman he loves.

She then skipped to the net as winner of the WTA Championships for the third time, having defeated Maria Sharapova, 6-4, 6-3, in the final Sunday.

Twenty years later, we're begging Russia for helicopters in Afghanistan, having defeated Russia in Afghanistan.

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The man best known as the gaffe-prone host of television's Have I Got News for You had defeated Ken Livingstone, one of the most successful politicians in London's history.

Gnaeus had secured Spain north of the Ebro River for Rome, had defeated the Carthaginian fleet at the mouth of the Ebro, and had attacked the Carthaginian forces as far south as Carthago Nova (now Cartagena) and Ebusus (now Ibiza); with Publius, he moved on Saguntum (now Sagunto).

Liberal isn't the term for Harry, who has defeated Conservatives on a platform that calls for, among other things, the removal of American weapons from Britain.