Sentence examples for imperfect victory from inspiring English sources

In terms of the rights since won by gays and lesbians, where we are now would undoubtedly amaze Milk, and we got there step by step, one pragmatic and imperfect victory at a time – with so many more yet to be won.

And even though it was an imperfect victory (they did vote on one boat to pull the trigger, remember, and only stopped at the last moment), it was a victory nonetheless, and exactly what they needed.

And finally, a note to lower expectations with the reminder: "our work will be imperfect, victories only partial".

Obama stressed the need for willingness to sit at the table with opponents and openness to imperfect victories in his address to the historically black university in Washington DC.

The Islanders beat a good team today, then grumbled about how imperfect the victory was.

That Nadal now has the capacity to outplay Federer on multiple surfaces — that the signature game of the world's highest-ranked tennis player is not a beautiful ballet unto victory but an imperfect, bruising, savage refusal to yield — this is why Nadal thrills people.

A president's approval rating toward the end of his third year, therefore, has been a decent (although imperfect) predictor of his chances of victory.

Your victories are products of imperfect systems and nothing more".

The Giants, who can now win the home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with a victory Saturday against Jacksonville, are an imperfect team learning to overcome deficiencies.

Within a few weeks, both contestants in the genome race plan to declare victory, but in different terms, each already judged imperfect by the rival team.

Two losses from an imperfect season, the Cleveland Browns survived a last-second field-goal attempt to get their first victory of the season after 14 losses on Saturday by beating the San Diego Chargers, 20-17. .