Sentence examples for had been defeated from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

they had been defeated

have been defeated according to

having been defeated

had been fallen

had been swept

"had been defeated" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe an event that happened in the past before some other event. For example, "The army had been defeated before the commanding officer arrived on the battlefield."

Exact(50)

The Taliban had been defeated.

The New York Times

Iran had been defeated but only just.

The Guardian - Sport

The First Division had been defeated.

Harvard Business Review

The extreme anti-frackers had been defeated.

The Guardian

It seemed like the English had been defeated.

The New Yorker

The major factions opposing Stalin had been defeated by 1930.

Encyclopedia Britannica

It only seemed as if Jackie had been defeated.

The New York Times

Like every other SNP candidate, he had been defeated.

The Guardian

Similar(3)

But they had been defeated just twice in nine at home.

The Guardian - Sport

Most believed it could be delayed until after Mr Assad had been defeated.

The Economist

By August, the fighting had ended and Adachi had been defeated.

Wikipedia

More suggestions(18)

had been outplayed

had been overpowered

had been trounced

had been conquered

had been vanquished

had been hospitalized

had been sidelined

had been rebuilt

had been destroyed

had been refused

had been taken

had been stabbed

had been decapitated

had been hanged

had been tortured

had been suffocated

had been visited

had been garroted

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