Sentence examples for great defeats from inspiring English sources

Pushed to the point of extinction in Scotland and failing to make any real progress in England, Labour closes election 2015 with another of the great defeats that define so much of the party's history.

Cimon moreover, when he took the command, found the power of the king broken, and the spirits of the Persians humbled by their great defeats and incessant routs under Themistocles, Pausanias, and Leontychides, and thus easily overcame the bodies of men whose souls were quelled and defeated beforehand.

Without being overly determinist about these things, one can still say that great defeats can inspire resentments and dreams of restoration for a very long time.

Chronology suggests that it was not until the end, when Germany was suffering great defeats on the battlefield and seeing its cities torched to the ground, that extermination programs were enacted.

The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man.

"America has suffered a great defeat.

"This is a point on the way to a great defeat for Israel," he said.

The Serbs have on the other hand given the Austrians a great defeat and appear to have recovered Belgrade.

But his impact extended beyond his victories and his great defeat.

"It would be another great defeat for all of us if it doesn't happen this year".

As the Duke of Wellington said, the only thing worse than a great victory is a great defeat.