Sentence examples for profound defeat from inspiring English sources

"Vigilance always will be required, but I think they've suffered a profound defeat".

Now Federer is gone, embarrassed by Djokovic in a one-sided semi-final on Thursday night that not only raised doubts about his longevity but followed the equally profound defeat of a limping and distraught Nadal by David Ferrer the night before.

Mr Cruddas, a serious thinker in the party, said neither were sufficient in explaining the profound defeat inflicted at the polls.

You should have measured the distance he dived, the speed with which he slipped from some ultimate competitive grace to the confusion of the profoundest defeat.

I guess people have always wanted to believe in the notion of a love so profound that death cannot defeat it.

Perhaps he requires a real setback, a genuine defeat, a profound humanization before the voters can see beyond his veneer of easy success to the deeply able and humane man beneath.

Walking alone with slumped shoulders, a bowed head and weary eyes, Xavi exited Arena Fonte Nova wearing the look of a man who knew exactly how profound Friday's 5-1 defeat by Netherlands could prove.

If history is written by the victors, it is also, Mr. Schivelbusch suggests, shaped in profound ways by those defeated.

Although the presidency itself is unimportant, the consequences of a government defeat may be profound.

He scored the goal that was disallowed". The defeat had a profound effect on Chelsea's own Brazilians, Ramires and David Luiz, who both ended the contest in tears and having to be consoled by team-mates.

Robens was despondent at the prospect of a long period in opposition; he was approaching 50, and although shadow foreign secretary, the defeat had a profound effect on his outlook.