Herrel's face was set, he was a man still fighting dogged against some inevitable defeat.

Against numerically far superior Allies, they could not hope to postpone the inevitable defeat.

Germany was in the curve of inevitable defeat, but it would not die easily.

Now, in the second volume, we must run the race between Hitler's most evil design and his inevitable defeat.

The Kingdom of Jerusalem, surrounded by enemies now faced inevitable defeat.

Hitler might have, if he had known how, when he saw he faced inevitable defeat.

It was merely an exercise now, with defeat inevitable.

Then, while you attempt to delay your inevitable defeat, I may keep my eye upon the sea.

Despite the inevitable defeat his morale was better than it had been in hours.

To turn the tide of a perhaps inevitable defeat?