Sentence examples for keep defeating from inspiring English sources

O'Hara is comically trying to end "before anyone else / could get into the poem," but his friends keep defeating him, muttering, advancing, leaping onto the piano stool.

The good news is, we keep defeating them.

Security officials at the stadium declined to comment on Wednesday's storm; workers kept trying to clear the field, and nature kept defeating them.

Moldova's president offered a $10m£6.4m4m) bribe to a political rival in a desperate bid to keep his defeated communist government in power, according to a secret US diplomatic cable.

Nick Clegg was never likely to agree a deal that kept a defeated prime minister in office.

There have been times in Bournemouth's up and mostly down existence when the threat of extinction has stalked them at every turn and they have wondered whether the locks would be thrown over the gates of the Goldsands Stadium for good, so it was not difficult for them to keep this defeat to Aston Villa in perspective.

She kept making mistakes, defeating herself.

We keep hoping to defeat congestion by building highways — a counterproductive proposition.

We must keep our word, defeat our enemies and stand behind the American military in this vital mission.

Their lobbyists were out in force at last week's negotiations in Bonn, and they said they would keep working to defeat the international agreement, which is still subject to ratification in scores of countries.

One of his other techniques has been to win support of the audience by chiding his rivals for failing to keep the focus on defeating Mr. Obama.