Sentence examples similar to it suffers a reverse from inspiring English sources

In "The Plot," the father also suffers a reverse, when he has to go to work for Uncle Monty.

Quite a gamble considering the sector's woes and that less than a month before Colin Reed Colin Reed became chief executive last year, Gaylord Entertainment told Wall Street it suffered a painful loss in 2000, reversing the previous year's profits of $350 million to a loss of $152 million.

"They've suffered a reverse.

Management had suffered a reverse takeover.

Both have suffered a reverse in their political fortunes.

The SNP actually suffered a reverse on Thursday compared with the results of 2011.

Faced with mutinies, he suffered a reverse and became vulnerable to attacks in Rome.

The New York Times company suffered a reverse in the second quarter this year with net income down by 54% and profit slipping by 21%.

Each time the rebels suffered a reverse, Moscow sent more men and weapons to support them; each time, the European Union and the Americans upped their sanctions in response.

The time lag is to be explained in terms of power politics: the Thebans had suffered a reverse on Euboea in 357, when Theban ascendancy was suddenly and humiliatingly replaced by Athenian, and they were looking for a victim.

Earlier, the rebels suffered a reverse at Maya, 35km west of Tripoli, as artillery attacks forced them back.