Sentence examples for terrible victory from inspiring English sources

What a terrible victory – the silence of the demos in the squares, where democracy began, and lives.

Take two: Winslet fluffs another acceptance speech *After yet again being overcome by emotion on the winner's podium, Kate Winslet finally owned up to what the rest of the world has been saying for weeks: for all her undoubted talents as an actress, she's "clearly terrible" at victory speeches, writes Guy Adams.

It makes sense that in the wake of the terrible, stolen victory by the narcissist-in-chief, we are looking for some self-soothing relief.

He went through the Saints' terrible three-victory season.

The mid-'60s Giants were terrible — a single victory was cause to schedule a parade.

In 1973, he was Arik, King of Israel, who confounded the Egyptians by crossing the Suez Canal, cutting off the Third Army, and turning what could easily have been a terrible defeat into victory.

Iran's wariest Arab neighbours were there: Saudi Arabia and Jordan sent their crown princes; Iraq its vice-president; Egypt its foreign minister.In this section Africa with no rain, or too much Rubbing sleep from their eyes Friendship à la mode Moi's rough road to victory Terrible, anyhow Islam's political football ReprintsDoes this mean that Arabs and Persians have learnt to love one another?

So to warn the nation of the terrible precedent the victory sets, Colbert made it the subject of this week's "The Word".

It put a terrible twist on the victory by Ryan Hall, who exulted in the emotion of winning the race and capturing an Olympic berth.

There would be a terrible irony if the victory against the yakuza turns into a defeat in the war on crime.

Detroit has a terrible reputation for turning victory into disaster.