Sentence examples for solid defeat from inspiring English sources

He declared, with some zest, that the verdict was in fact a solid defeat for Microsoft.

It is a measure of how demoralized environmentalists are these days that many of them treated this solid defeat as a victory.

So, was it Wednesday's solid defeat of the Toronto Raptors or Thursday's victory over the Phoenix Suns, in which they rallied from a 19-point deficit, that will become the turning point for the Knicks?

Far beyond the solid defeat of New York, the real joy in this working-class city of 700,000 was in eclipsing the neighbor just an hour down the coast, Washington, D.C. There, the Redskins' new owner, Daniel Snyder, spent a fortune in signing marquee players and priming the city's talking-heads sophists to broadcast that his team was inevitably Super Bowl-bound.

The ruling is seen as a solid defeat for the relatives who took him in after a failed crossing from Cuba drowned his mother and 10 others and left the boy floating on an inner tube off the Florida coast on Thanksgiving Day.

That honor went to Mr. Berlusconi's main political rival, Walter Veltroni, who stepped down on Tuesday after his party's solid defeat on Monday in the election for governor of Sardinia, where the Democratic Party incumbent lost to the son of Mr. Berlusconi's tax lawyer.

Once settled in Vermont, he ran four times as candidate for the anti-war, counter-culture Liberty Union party – twice for governor and twice for the US Senate – suffering solid defeats each time.

Environment Impact Energy spent compressing, cooling or extracting gas from the solid defeats the efficiency gains of the electric car.How Do You Burn It? Technical Problem Fuel cells that power electric motors are fragile and prone to freezing.

North Dakota North Dakota may be the most vulnerable of the three states for Mr. Romney, with both Mr. Paul and Mr. Santorum having a solid chance to defeat him.

Next Best Excellent Mariner (3.25 Newcastle) Up in trip for her nursery debut after three solid efforts in defeat in maidens, learning her trade all the while.

Chatting with your team mates can also help your team execute a solid plan on defeating your opponents.