Sentence examples for record of defeats from inspiring English sources

That long record of defeats raises the question of how a state that has favored Republican governors can so consistently choose Democrats for the only other statewide prize.

With first-round victories over Russia (4-1), Sweden (2-1) and Greece (2-1), Spain went on to eliminate the reigning world champions Italy deservedly on penalties (4-2) in the quarter-final — the first time that they had beaten Italy in a competitive match since 1920, also breaking Spain's long record of defeats in penalty shoot-outs.

After losing the first set in 27 minutes, and with a record of defeats in each of his nine previous meetings with Djokovic, Cilic recovered to take the second courtesy of an early break.

Politicians and the public will need to decide soon what they have begun, and what appetite they have for extended interventions far from home, involving painful trade-offs and deals with unsavoury partners.Air strikes alone have a poor record of defeating enemies, especially when they can hide in urban areas.

Keith knows how to win elections, and has a track record of defeating anti-worker forces wherever they are.

Chelsea have now lost six league games this season, which equals the record number of defeats that Mourinho has ever suffered in a single campaign.

We lost my first 13 games in charge and in this country that's a record number of defeats for a coach who held on to his job.

Sorrell's defeat is the sixth remuneration report to be rejected by shareholders this year – a record tally of defeats since the opportunity for shareholders to vote on the pay policies of UK public companies was introduced almost a decade ago.

This Welsh team may have been on a record run of defeats before their win in France, but they have now won three away games in a row and as they are playing at home on Saturday they will definitely be confident.

The Tigers would have to lose their last three games of the season to break the post-1900 recofd of 120 defeats by the 1962 Mets.

Wilmots pointed to his record of five defeats in 47 matches but it already feels as if there is a sizeable case file being put together against him.