How to Use in defeat in a Sentence

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• But, lovers of the outdoors and long days don’t have to throw up their arms in defeat.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Analeese Moore scored three runs and stole three bases for the Lions in defeat.
  — al, 20 Feb. 2023
• The effort was a success and the increase went down in defeat.
  — Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2022
• The Gulls snapped a three-game losing streak and beat a team their fans love to see drive north from San Diego in defeat.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2021
• Some put their heads down, as if in defeat, when someone else won.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
• But Jackson walked over, put his arm around his younger brother and walked him to the dugout. Grace in defeat.
  — Jacob Unruh, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022
• Senior guard Atreya Vaidya had three 3-pointers and 11 points to lead Plano in defeat.
  — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
• What else is a coach supposed to say in defeat, after a string of defeats?
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
• These were like the good old days again, a Herculean effort by Ohtani wasted in defeat.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
• And so, too, will the fact that even in defeat, most of those teams making their debuts on this stage have emerged with credit.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• Winston finally calls the time of death, and the entire team crumbles in defeat.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2023
• Levi Birkholz finishes with 18 points, 12 boards, six steals and four assists for Lakeside, a whale of a game in defeat.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
• Colony’s Malachi Mukaabya was solid in defeat, making 36 saves.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2023
• The 49ers rushed the field and some players made snow angels while a stunned Packers squad slowly exchanged pleasantries and trudged off the field in defeat.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2022
• While thousands of Bears fans (this one included) hung their heads in defeat, a tiny seed of hope had been planted among the Berkeley 10.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021
• Even in defeat, there were a whole lot of believers after that weekend.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2023
• Bears quarterback Justin Fields dazzled on the ground with 132 rushing yards in defeat.
  — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2023
• Your testosterone can rise in victory or fall in defeat.
  — The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2021
• All of this wreaks of elements of being a graceless loser in defeat.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
• Without a last-minute pick-6 by Clark Phillips, the deficit in defeat would have been considerably larger.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
• Sensing that the group of spectators wasn’t going anywhere, the officer gave up and walked back to his squad car in defeat.
  — New York Times, 2 May 2022
• And while that narrative probably won’t change in a lot of people’s eyes due to the loss, Purdy proved one major thing in defeat.
  — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• Yet even in defeat, Truman’s boldest moves resonated for years to come.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
• Although the platform has varied, the message has been largely the same: The U.S. ran away from Afghanistan in defeat, leaving its partners behind.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2021
• France coach Herve Renard struck an optimistic tone in defeat.
  — John Pye, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• Thibodeau flailed his arms in defeat with 1:33 left in the fourth quarter, when Bulls center Nikola Vucevic was left uncontested at the top of the key to put the Knicks down eight.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
• Barty leads their head-to-head series, 3-1, but Collins won their most recent match in straight sets in Adelaide, Australia, last year, and has twice pushed her to three sets in defeat.
  — New York Times, 27 Jan. 2022
• Even in defeat Monday — in what might have been Berhalter’s final game — the players continued to speak highly of him.
  — Steven Goff, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
• Ngannou was gracious in defeat when talking of the decisive blow and made comparisons to Fury post-fight.
  — Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
• Conversely, Kang the Conqueror ended this movie in defeat.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024