Sentence examples for last-minute defeats from inspiring English sources

Last-minute defeats are always hard to stomach but Ienei, the colour having long departed his face, had the demeanour of one who knew the game was up.

Jones, whose country suffered three last-minute defeats by Australia in 2012, was relieved "the shoe was on the other foot a bit".

But to get that victory Edwards says Wales, who were due to announce their team on Tuesday lunchtime, will have to focus for the whole game to avoid any more last-minute defeats against the Wallabies.

"Over the past two years we suffered two last-minute defeats to Scotland, two narrow defeats to Argentina, pushed England to the brink at Twickenham, and in June suffered defeat to Japan and Fiji in matches we should have won," Brunel added.

That is the question facing UCLA after a string of last-minute defeats has left it with a losing record more than halfway through the season.

"We have every reason to believe that this team is capable of an agonizing last-minute defeat," he said.

Brentford have their own trauma to recover from, after last season's painful last-minute defeat to Doncaster, before losing the play-off final to Yeovil Town.

They were knocked out of the competition at the quarter-final stage by Saracens last season, a painful last-minute defeat that has not been forgotten.

Lawmakers also passed a bill to diversify Maryland's medical marijuana industry — one year after a similar effort failed in a bitter last-minute defeat.

That left the spectre of falling to another late rally by the Kiwis hanging over the closing minutes until O'Loughlin's late try ensured that there would be no last-minute defeat.

They entertain Manchester City following a run of four consecutive top-flight defeats that began at the end of the October international break, with Alan Pardew under increasing pressure after a crushing last-minute defeat at the hands of Burnley.