Sentence examples for inflict defeat from inspiring English sources

Pacquiao is a congressman and idol in the Philippines, his ring legacy is secure and will not be harmed by Saturday's failure to inflict defeat on Mayweather.

Sometimes the election gods decide not just to inflict defeat on a party but to do so in the most agonizing fashion, like torturers playing with their victims.

Scotland were hoping to inflict defeat on the Auld Enemy and build on confidence gained from the pivotal Euro 2016 qualifying win against the Republic of Ireland on Friday.

Clermont dominated territory and possession and looked set to inflict defeat on their big-spending French rivals when Napolioni Nalaga and Brock James scored in quick succession in the second half.

By June 1619, there were two Portuguese expeditions: a naval expedition that was repulsed by the Malabari corsairs and another expedition by Phillippe de Oliveira and his 5,000 strong land army which was able to inflict defeat on Cankili II.

Many of the older independents are socially conservative, and helped inflict defeats in the early years on issues such as Section 28.

Senior Lib Dems expect the Lords to inflict defeats on the coalition over the bill, but even opponents are not expecting a rebellion as strong as that against the welfare reform bill last month.

One way or another, the U.S. needs to inflict defeats on Assad in Aleppo, or the anti-ISIS strategy is over.

This contrasted with the Spanish experience in the Rif War of 1920 26, in which tribes with access to such weapons were able to inflict defeats upon the Spanish Army in the field, such as at the Battle of Annual.

It was at Toulon, in 1793, that Napoleon Bonaparte first established his reputation by inflicting defeat on a British force who had come to the aid of royalist rebels.

Yohan Blake, the 21-year-old world champion who had twice inflicted defeat on Bolt in recent weeks, was left fighting the two Americans alongside him to take silver.