Sentence examples for suffered a terrible defeat from inspiring English sources

Labour suffered a terrible defeat at the election.

Yet the brilliance of the evacuation could not hide the fact that the British had suffered a terrible defeat and that Britain itself was in dire peril.

When the general election of 2011 finally arrived the Liberals suffered a terrible defeat, partly because of Ignatieff but also thanks to factors well beyond his control.

After the count's surrender and imprisonment, it was left to the Flemish burghers to revolt against the French garrisons, and the French knights suffered a terrible defeat at Courtrai in July 1302.

The king, also known as Jaguar Paw, suffered a terrible defeat in battle by the Kingdom of Tikal in 695.

"Even before we know who will win this campaign we can state with certainty that Israel has suffered a terrible propaganda defeat in Lebanon and the Arab world," wrote the Ma'ariv columnist Jacky Hugi.

Despite winning 2 1 against Iceland, Scotland suffered a terrible 4 0 defeat by Norway in the following qualifier, which left Scotland effectively needing to win their last two games to have a realistic chance of making the qualifying play-offs.

The Chilean manager suffered a terrible week with a poor defeat to Barcelona in the first-leg of the Champions League last-16 on Tuesday followed by a crucial defeat to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.

Emerging-market equities suffered a terrible week.

He had suffered a terrible loss.

Kenya suffered a terrible tragedy at Westgate.