Sentence examples for may defeat from inspiring English sources

Disclosure may defeat a worthy policy but a secret may protect unworthy ends.

If we turn over our financial recourses to the Allies, we may defeat the Nazis.

"The salesman may defeat us in the end," Dr. Cook writes, "but not without a good fight".

Clinton may defeat Sanders's millennial army in the primaries, but to succeed she and other Democrats will need its support for years to come.

Barcelona may defeat Madrid in the next clásico – Guardiola has won four of five in the league – but they are also faced with a problem: Madrid may not be as good as Barça but they may not have to be.

That has given rise to a more nuanced view of trauma — less a poison than an infectious agent, a challenge that most people overcome but that may defeat those weakened by past traumas, genetics or other factors.

"I may be upset, I may look defeated, I may even be crying, but I need your strength and support.

A sharp rise in unemployment may well defeat President Obama and a sharp decrease may carry him to victory.

In Discovery, we hear about the hitherto-overlooked bathroom cabinet drugs that may help defeat cancer.

He was briefly prime minister in 2006-07 and may well defeat Mr Noda in the next election.

This is the harsh reality all policy initiatives will face – one which, as Bunting suggests, may well defeat their best efforts.