Sentence examples for initial defeat from inspiring English sources

Despite the initial defeat, people like Ms. Hundt say the news is not all bad.

In Port Washington, after the initial defeat for both the budget and a much-debated bond, voters approved a drastically reduced budget.

After England's initial defeat here he mentioned to the squad they had lost early on to West Indies in the Caribbean in 2010 before improving along the way.

The unexpected initial defeat of the rescue bill in the House of Representatives sent the S.& P. 500 down nearly 9percentt on Sept. 29.

A sobering initial defeat followed by a midweek win and two thunderously close Test matches with the All Blacks hanging on for dear life?

The forces of the right, recovering from the demoralization of their initial defeat, began to regain confidence in their own power and legitimacy.

There could now be many more, since the group recovered from a series of initial defeats to arrive at today's announcement of a plea agreement, having withstood the might of the federal government.

In the West Indies he was for a time in independent command because of Rodney's absence in England: and, when the British islands of St. Kitts and Nevis were attacked by the French admiral Comte de Grasse, Hood, after initial defeats, succeeded in beating off the attacks of the enemy.

The Ententist bid resulted in major initial defeats, and a Romanian theater of war was opened.

I and the subjective/objective reality I've created for myself suffers from an incurable case of LIONHEART syndrome, prone to initial defeats subsequently countered by second winds that blow the sails off opposing galleons.

A peshmerga officer, who did not want to be identified because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said top commanders shared the responsibility for the force's initial defeats.