Sentence examples for token victory from inspiring English sources

But theirs is rather a token victory.

He is counting on the Nets to reach higher than a token victory over the Knicks.

If it were true then the opposite would also be true: if defeat equals moral poverty, then by the same token victory must be evidence of purity, good grace and divine, moral standing.

Even ousted CEO Travis Kalanick got a token victory when he issued a statement saying he believed Uber would have won the case regardless.

So long as Cameron can point to a couple of token victories over Brussels, the likes of Michael Gove and Philip Hammond – who once threatened to vote for out – are likely to campaign to stay in.

France surrendered before there was an opportunity for even a token Italian victory, and Mussolini left for a meeting with Hitler, sadly aware, as Ciano put it, that his opinion had "only a consultative value". Indeed, from then on Mussolini was obliged to face the fact that he was the junior partner in the Axis alliance.

'A large concourse of persons assembled with several ministers to witness the passage of the troops, and the prisoners were stationed apart and volleys of musketry fired over their heads in token of victory.' ".

These are all tokens of victory.

Drinking cup showing a winner being presented with tokens of victory.

The viewer may even be lulled into believing that Caleb, a goofy, tousled "nice guy" who decides to rescue Ava from the hairy grasp of her creator, deserves to ride off into the sunset with her, a token of his victory over the more dystopian, overtly misogynistic Bateman.

Despite a litany of problems such as corruption, poor healthcare and increasing poverty, opinion polls suggest Putin enjoys approval ratings of 80% and is expected to sail to victory against token opponents.