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Example sentences for: defeat

How can you use “defeat” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

When his tobacco bill was shot down, the New York Times declared the defeat would only burnish his reputation.
And that is why Gingrich and Dole did not snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Following this debacle, the Ottomans then allied themselves to Germany in the World War I, losing more territory with the defeat of the Germans in that war.
These games/toys/shows present kids with a world they can control--a world where the little guy becomes conqueror, kids (or their proxies) defeat evil, and adults are essentially absent.
But there was a greater prod to Southern memory: defeat.