"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- They in turn have by defeat lost their rule which has come into the hands of the British.
- He was prevented from doing so by his subsequent defeat in that year's general election.
- His tenure there was cut short by Labour's defeat in the 1951 general election.
- But this was by far their most disappointing defeat during that skid.
- I was neither disappointed nor cast down by my defeat.
- The cause of death was suicide, most likely prompted by Germany's impending defeat in the war.
- It had to be unconscious, something automatic ignited by defeat.
- Undaunted by defeat, he is planning to file an appeal.
- Hungry, exhausted, and shocked by their defeat, many French troops found it difficult to credit what had happened.
- He hated to do that, and felt bitterly betrayed by Germany's defeat.
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