Words similar to waterloo

Example sentences for: waterloo

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

The NYT front hints at a coming waterloo for Yugoslav dictator Slobodan Milosevic.
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When all is said and done, you can take off to Waterloo, Farewell, or Worldsend.
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The rationale behind referring to them as “lost” arises from the author's observation of an unfortunate state of affairs: because of an increasingly widespread lack of familiarity with the basic, structural elements of our culture—Greek and Roman mythology, the Bible, literature, and ordinary historical fact—people today are unable to discern the origins of terms like aphrodisiac, Achilles [sic] heel or tendon, meet one's Waterloo, sow dragon's teeth , and hand-writing on the wall , to name a few.