Sentence examples for start to defeat from inspiring English sources

Temple 22-122) will next play third-seeded Florida, which overcame a slow start to defeat Western Kentucky, 69-56.

Olympic champions Canada shook off a sluggish start to defeat Norway 3-1 in their tournament opener.

Jacobs (24-1) did not disappoint, overcoming a slow start to defeat Chris Fitzpatrick (15-3) of Cleveland by technical knockout at the end of the fifth round.

CINCINNATI 68, WRIGHT STATE 58 JaQuon Parker scored 16 points in the second half, and No. 11 Cincinnati (12-0) overcame a poor start to defeat visiting Wright State (8-4).

SENATORS 3, CAPITALS 2 Sergei Gonchar scored on the power play with 2 30 left in regulation as Ottawa battled back from a sluggish start to defeat visiting Washington.

In quarterfinal play last month at Honors Club in Manhattan, the Glubok team, which won in 2003, fought back after a bad start to defeat a group headed by William Ehlers.

"The Iowa caucuses, with record turnout, were a great start to defeating President Obama in Iowa and elsewhere in the general election," he said.

I know that guy down the hall.' " Naturally, he is paid for his letter to the offender, which starts to defeat the purpose of self-management.

The realities of the outback were starting to defeat Wills.

What if we stopped worrying about a literal Satan and started working to defeat the truths of slavery, hunger, ecological apathy, and many of the other evils?

A slow start condemned England to defeat in the first match of the Four Nations here in Wellington but for a few minutes in the second half it looked as though the unregarded young side could shock the world champions.