Sentence examples for smashing defeat from inspiring English sources
When Lyndon Johnson defeated Goldwater in 1964, columnists were saying that the conservative strain had finally been extirpated from the Republican Party — and that such a smashing defeat would be hard to get over.
There is no doubt among observers here that the Spanish war is proceeding to a Nationalist victory and that Italy will have a smashing defeat of the Loyalists with the aid of German bombers which have been strafing the government front mercilessly since their "début" in Barcelona.
Jon S. Corzine's smashing defeat of Jim Florio in the Senate primary last month was supposed to have put an end to the blood feud between the northern and central New Jersey forces led by State Senators Raymond J. Lesniak and John Lynch, and the South Jersey faction headed by George E. Norcross, the Camden County power broker.
On the other hand, a smashing defeat would make it clear that 1930-40s-style aggression and racial extermination will not be tolerated by the U.S. and Western Europe.
The smashing defeat of John McCain and the Republican Party should signal Americans reject the inept conservative ideology that's dominated U.S. politics for twenty-eight years.
That rape was the one in which the two Republican candidate opened their mouths, inserted their feet, or some other portions of their anatomies, swallowed hard, spoke profanely; and, in doing so managed to snatch smashing defeats from the jaws of certain victories.
He is smashing things with his head, stomping on lesser opponents, defeating BOSSES, running away with blond princesses over his shoulder.
He is smashing things with his head, stomping on lesser opponents, defeating BOSSES, running away with blonde princesses over his shoulder.
And ironically, it is this President who was elected and defeated the first woman candidate who is literally smashing the glass ceiling for women of a certain age, strength and competence at least in politics.
In suicidal defeat, he smashes his head against the wall, losing consciousness ("You look down into the abyss, give up your grip, and drop").
As the round progressed, I became increasingly frustrated at my inadequacies and I let my frustration show: on the 18th fairway, exasperated and in defeat, I smashed my seven-iron against a tree, snapping it in half.
