Sentence examples for rather than defeat from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Arafat, fearful of confronting Hamas or starting a Palestinian civil war, has tended to try to co-opt the radicals rather than defeat them.

That incident, in 1980, was one of many that would, rather than defeat her, fire her resolve to challenge a system that was often inhospitable to women.

"4:44" finds Jay confronting this "Dad" label head on, reclaiming it as one of power and duty rather than defeat.

The theory is that developing techniques which make you more efficient results in less stress and bestows a sense of accomplishment rather than defeat.

Misanthropy and pessimism (those aspects that gave me such satisfaction 40 years ago) glint through the fabric of the novel, but they signal a call to vigilance rather than defeat.

In an article in Tuesday's issue of The Times, Thom Shanker reports on the administration's prediction that security challenges in the coming decade will be defined by the use of relatively inexpensive weapons to keep American forces at a distance, rather than defeat them outright.

Rather than defeating death, we seem to be developing ways to avoid acknowledging it instead.

Critics have warned that al-Qaeda affiliates are merely being chased into neighbouring countries rather than defeated.

Russia's policies in Syria have, by aiding the Assad regime, contributed to strengthening Islamic State rather than defeating it..

They are going to say he compromised with the Islamist radicals rather than defeating them as America defeated Nazism or Communism.

"Mitigating the threat of an enemy rather than defeating the enemy outright goes against an impulse," notes Friedman.