That turned her apparent 168-vote victory into a defeat.

We'd been lucky this time, but under different circumstances it could have turned into a three-nil defeat.

The third period turned the game into a defeat.

It nearly turned into a defeat for the Byzantines.

The royalists fought with valor, but the battle turned into a complete defeat for them.

One day earlier, the Nets turned a 1-point lead against Miami midway through the third quarter into a 25-point defeat.

No any commander could muster the courage to lead the army and thus an easy victory turned into a fateful defeat.

Problems with the pass defense were exposed in the first preseason game, in which the reserves turned a 20-0 lead into a 42-27 defeat.

Unfortunately for the Sun, poor shooting in the second half turned a 1-point deficit into a 74-60 defeat.

"But instead of that being a triumph for me, it turned into a defeat."