Sentence examples for less defeated from inspiring English sources

But this is also, and originally, Algeria, a quarter of a century earlier—the first major political crisis in the age of modern Islamism.A flurry of freedom in the late 1980s gave way to a vicious civil war in the 1990s that left as many as 200,000 dead and Algeria's Islamists more or less defeated, but not eradicated.

It's not clear if the group has enough metal reserves to even make the coins, much less defeat the stigma that would accompany money bearing Islamic State insignia.

It's a lot to take on for a small company with a small stage, and unfortunately, for all the good will the Mint players bring to the production, the play more or less defeats them.

Oddest of all are the scientists, our little species' own homegrown superior intelligences, whose knowledge and mental capacity are often laughably unequal to understanding (much less defeating) the alien adversary.

I discovered that the less I try to control the outcome, the less defeat takes its bloody toll.

"Limiting our advisors to headquarters buildings will not help newly trained Iraqi and Syrian opposition forces hold terrain, much less defeat ISIL in the field," he said, referring to the Islamic State.

(Though she is less easily defeated than Ogden, and more worldly than Emily).

Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, lost an ally last month when France's François Hollande, who campaigned for more stimulus and less austerity, defeated Nicolas Sarkozy.

"I would hope five years from now we see an Iraq that has more or less effectively defeated this enemy," Mr. Wolfowitz said.

A defensive genius who has never been in serious trouble in 48 professional fights much less been defeated, he intends to walk away from the sport with his faculties intact.

We like to write sports articles about teams with less talent defeating the more talented team because of grit and superior teamwork.