Sentence examples for met defeats from inspiring English sources

His star has dimmed slightly having met defeats on his last two starts, but both results came in three-runner races that were never going to be run to provide a suitable test of stamina for a horse who thrives on an end-to-end gallop.

Truman is considerably diminshed in stature by his defeat and especially the way he met defeat.

But his plan for universal coverage met defeat in a Democratic Congress.

He served two more terms, briefly, before his plan for proportional representation met defeat in the Senate in March 1913.

When their king met defeat in battle, though, the scribes were among the first to suffer a cruel fate.

But "when their king met defeat in battle, though, the scribes were among the first to suffer a cruel fate".

Even though they eventually met defeat, the Scipio brothers kept Carthage from reinforcing Hannibal during the crucial early years of his invasion of Italy.

Meanwhile, the Republic Steel Corporation, which has continued to operate its South Chicago plant, apparently met defeat at the hands of the union.

In November 1941 von Reichenau's armies met defeat at the hands of Marshal S.K. Timoshenko, and he was driven out of Rostov.

Zulu warriors led by Mzilikazi, the eventual founder of the Ndebele (Matabele) people, generally met defeat in their attacks on the inaccessible mountain fortresses of the Venda.

The battle of Contarf in which the Norwegians met defeat was over & the High King of Ireland spoke to his court poet.