Sentence examples for it a defeat from inspiring English sources

Was it a defeat or a victory?

However, he insists the club's decision should not be viewed as a victory for those who opposed Evans' return to training, instead calling it a "defeat for principle".

"I wouldn't call it a defeat for the United States," he says.

Once there, he traveled with Conkling to Albany, where the former Senator hoped for a quick re-election to the Senate, and with it, a defeat for the Garfield administration.

"It's a defeat and it's a clear one," said Wowereit.

It was a defeat, but it gave Wawrinka the belief that he belongs at tennis's top table.

But while it was a defeat for democracy, it was a Pyrrhic victory for the bankers.

But will he come out of it a defeated Napoleon?

It's a defeat and a heavy defeat It's happened, we need to wipe our mouths and get on with it.

"In reality, it is a defeat.

It was a defeat with huge implications.