Sentence examples for yielded the victory from inspiring English sources

He had been leading the Daytona 200 when mechanical problems yielded the victory to his Yamaha teammate Gene Romero.

And Marcellus was the one man who overcame the great and inveterate fear and dread, and revived, raised, and confirmed the spirits of the soldiers to that degree of emulation and bravery that would not let them easily yield the victory, but made them contend for it to the last.

Both these adversaries equally yield the victory.

To put things in perspective, the only time Republicans have matched the kind of majority Democrats now enjoy was in 1921-23, after which a string of increasingly slim GOP victories eventually yielded the Great Depression (funny how that works).

Abandoned by his allies, he had to yield the fruits of his victory in the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1679.

England have had no trouble disposing of the minnows San Marino and Moldova but meetings with Ukraine, Poland and Montenegro have not yielded a victory and the manner in which they lost their way after the interval will have worried Hodgson and his backroom team.

The difference with Mr. Spitzer may be more strategic: Mr. Cuomo has sought to lower expectations for his early months in office, which are likely to be marked by grueling battles with the Legislature that may or may not yield the kind of quick victories Mr. Spitzer envisioned when he took office.

Pleat lasted only another few months at Hillsborough and returned to Tottenham as director of football, stepping in as caretaker on two occasions – neither of which yielded a victory over the biggest rivals.

The second suit recently yielded a major victory, paving the way for the program's reinstatement.

A novel legal strategy aimed at reducing smog and acid rain in the Northeast yielded a huge victory on Wednesday when the Virginia Electric Power Company agreed to spend $1.2 billion to cut harmful pollutants from eight coal-burning plants by 70percentt.

This forced new elections for the House of Commons, which yielded a great victory for the reformers.