Sentence examples for sustained defeats from inspiring English sources

It captured Drniš on 18 September, but sustained defeats at Pakovo Selo two days later and near Šibenik on 22 September as it attempted to capture the city.

The problem with this strategy was that Obama and his party sustained defeat after defeat.

The G.O.P. will have to undergo sustained defeat, like the Democrats after McGovern and Carter, to turn to the reformers in its midst.

On the legal front, supporters of Mr. Davis sustained another defeat today.

Two years later, after Williams sustained another defeat, to Manning Galloway, he was arrested and charged with drug trafficking.

Lindsay Davenport, who said she did little to recover from the arm injury she sustained Saturday, defeated Klara Zakopalova yesterday, 6-1, 6-4.

After sustaining humiliating defeats, the Americans had stemmed the Japanese advance".

The Knicks 15-222) have not sustained many blowout defeats lately, but their schedule has also not been laced with many games against quality opponents.

The Nets 49-311), whadhad sustained two disheartening defeats to the Hawks and Bulls this week, moved one-half game ahead of Detroit.

It may, in fact, be more of a cry for help, given a recent string of defeats sustained by Boko Haram.

By 18 August, US diplomats on Robert Frasure's team tasked to mediate in the Bosnian War believed Operation Storm lent their diplomatic mission a chance to succeed, reflecting the opinion of US President Bill Clinton that the Serbs would not negotiate seriously unless they sustained major military defeats.