Sentences with phrase «emphatic defeat»
"Emphatic defeat" means a clear and strong loss or failure, where the outcome leaves no doubt about the superiority or dominance of the opposing side. Full definition
By then the Hammers were in complete disarray and it could well have been a more emphatic defeat.
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Labour's emphatic defeat at the 2015 General Election served as a warning - call; the New Labour vision which had swept it to office in 1997 was no longer relevant with a changed and jaded public.
Sure, there have been outriders floating radical ideas about policy and party reform, yet despite the fears among MPs that there would be a period of blood - letting following Owen Smith's emphatic defeat in the second leadership election last summer, there has been no abuse of the party's internal processes by Corbyn, evidenced by the failure of his supporters to secure berths in the pre-election carve - up of safe seats.
I know that it was a bad night at the office all round for Arsene Wenger and the players, as Arsenal limped to an emphatic defeat away to Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.
One of Villa's better performers of the first half despite being on the end of an emphatic defeat, which in itself says something about the hosts» woes going forward.
Some were heavy and emphatic defeats but the bright side of this very heavy downpour is that Rovers now approach some very winnable fixtures in the month of November that could not only bolster their poor league tally of point but also lift the spirit of the Blackburn camp.
Brighton had not conceded more than two goals in a game before this match and their response to this emphatic defeat will be a first big test of character since winning promotion to the Premier League.
Joke's aside, Blackpool aren't exactly heading to Stamford Bridge as no hoper's, although there is a sizeable gulf in class between the two sides that another emphatic defeat for the Tangerines isn't out of the question, much like the 6 - 0 drubbing they received at the hands of Arsenal in their previous visit to a» Big Four» venue.
Yet many a phoenix has risen from the ashes of such an emphatic defeat.
John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister at the time, admitted that his plans for regional devolution had suffered an «emphatic defeat».