Sentence examples for miserable defeat from inspiring English sources

Tim Howard, the Everton goalkeeper, admits his side must improve dramatically at Tottenham if they are to erase the pain of the miserable defeat at Wigan.

But after a miserable defeat when she was 14, she declared herself "fat, short-winded and lousy," and said she wanted to quit.

And certainly not on Saturday when, needing just one point to secure a play-off berth, they slid to a miserable defeat against Reading.

In 1994 Helmut Kohl had asked not to be invited: he could not stand in Normandy celebrating with those who had inflicted such miserable defeat on his countrymen.

So there we are: a fairly miserable little compromise, an equally miserable defeat, a very crafty prime minister, and arguably the greatest Lib Dem failure of all.

If the United States, despite our warning, persistently lights the fire of a new war in Korea, it will meet with an irrecoverable, bitter, miserable defeat.

Does having one season of joyous victories followed by one of miserable defeats trump having never-ending season of mediocrity?

The flipside of this must be to rectify our awful away record, where we have come away with just the one victory and eight miserable defeats.

There cannot be a rugby man out there who hasn't felt flat after a couple of miserable defeats, and when that happens you crave a grand stage more than you do a quiet backwater.

It has been an arduous, educational start at times as seven wins from 18 Premier League games and miserable defeats at Newcastle United, West Ham United and Watford testify.

At last year's Confederations Cup, the Samurai Blue dominated Italy high up the pitch for 70 minutes but conceded four times in the other 20 to lose 4-3, while suffering miserable defeats to Brazil and Mexico in games where their attacking players failed to shine.