Sentence examples for predictable defeat from inspiring English sources

If we appeal just to the trade unions, that will end in predictable defeat.

Under the circumstances Ulster might have been forgiven for the tries they went on to concede, which seemed to be sending them to a predictable defeat.

As with every Scottish manager, Levein has experienced highs and lows, with the 3-2 Hampdefeatfeat by world champions Spain last October making the Tartan Army feel good about themselves again, even in familiar, predictable defeat.

Since his predictable defeat in the South Carolina Senate race, Greene has told reporters that he has presidential ambitions that are even less credible than his senatorial ones.

That is what a longtime CNN employee theorized last year, during one of the channel's predictable defeats in the Nielsen ratings.

The predictable defeats of Tea Party stalwarts in 2010 and 2012 didn't stop the Tea Party and its raging base from being a persistent force in American politics, and we shouldn't forget that true Tea Partiers, such as Ken Cuccinelli and Dean Young, came within only a few percentage points of defeating their much better-financed rivals.

After a more predictable 2-0 defeat in Russia on Friday, it also leaves Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifying hopes in an early state of disrepair.

Perhaps the most predictable first-round defeat for a world No1 arrived on Wednesday when Mark Selby lost 10-3 to Dartford's Barry Hawkins.

Predictable predictions?

The Guardian highlights accusations that the Nicaraguan election was rigged (Report, 8 November), but provides no evidence except for predictable slurs from defeated opposition candidates.

Jeremiah's defeat becomes predictable.