Sentence examples for ignominious defeats from inspiring English sources

But, like everyone else, great players have suffered ignominious defeats.

Italy fared poorly from the outset, with ignominious defeats in North Africa, Greece, and the Soviet Union.

This was the same cursed court where top seeds like Pete Sampras and Serena Williams had suffered ignominious defeats, falling to unheralded players in the early rounds.

Government troops armed with Western weapons suffered ignominious defeats in the southern provinces, weakening the government's military grip on the country.

The 2001 Ottawa Senators, swept by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round, were minus-340 on the money line (77 percent implied win rate) to win that series, putting the Lightning's loss between those two ignominious defeats.

The sight of the self-styled baddest man on the planet suffering one of the most ignominious defeats in boxing history to James Busterr" Douglas, handpicked as an easy touch and quoted by the only casino in Las Vegas willing to accept bets at 42-1 against, remains arguably the biggest upset the sport has known.

Irving rightly suffered an ignominious defeat and was bankrupted.

That move ended in ignominious defeat for Murdoch.

Ignominious defeat has been turned into honourable defeat by Victor Trumper, Walter Hammond and several others.

The line between glory and ignominious defeat is so fine, even for the best.

The party went down to ignominious defeat with just 27% of the vote.