Sentence examples for would have defeated from inspiring English sources

They would have defeated the gunman.

This would have defeated the contract.

(Not that that would have defeated the contract).

A second spade would have defeated the contract.

The automatic club lead would have defeated that contract.

A club lead would have defeated it quickly.

But that would have defeated the purpose of our journey.

Simulating the sex would have defeated her purpose, she said.

The heart-jack play would have defeated the game.

East would have defeated the contract if he had shifted to a low heart.

A trump would have felt better (and anything but a heart would have defeated the slam).