Sentence examples for managed to defeat from inspiring English sources

"Antis" still managed to defeat suffrage measures in four Northern states that year.

Not even Mr Koizumi managed to defeat Japan's rotten "construction state".

Still, they have managed to defeat bigger, more talented teams and win four Eastern Conference titles.

The Yankees endured another sloppy start by their ace, C. C. Sabathia, but managed to defeat the Orioles, 8-5.

Ms. Levita would not comment on how the problem managed to defeat the bank's redundant and backup systems.

It was a double triumph, the paper says, because she also managed to defeat Yvette Cooper's amendment to delay Brexit.

Despite the inherent risks of high-profile successions, "Today" managed to defeat "Good Morning America" in the ratings every week since Dec. 11, 1995.

At the congress of the International at The Hague in 1872, the only one he ever attended, Marx managed to defeat the Bakuninists.

Always an aristocrat, he suddenly found himself working as a janitor at Stanford University, where he managed to defeat 30 professors at chess -- simultaneously.

But it's not equal, and it would be extremely unusual if Trump's disapproval rating were seven points higher than Clinton's and he still managed to defeat her.

But the news will dismay privacy campaigners, as well as internet companies, who thought they had managed to defeat many of the more draconian measures in the bill.