The tubular cells were winning but the victory was Pyrrhic.

A pyrrhic is a metrical foot used in formal poetry.

The pyrrhic is rightfully dismissed.

The victory, however, proved to be a Pyrrhic one for the Cherokee, as the ensuing epidemic wiped out several hundred in the vicinity.

An example of an impossible question is one which asks the players what the word 'pyrrhic' means, or what number the host is currently thinking of.

The ASC fared badly during the war, being defeated on many occasions, save for a few Pyrrhic victories.

Palermo eventually became a Greek colony when Pyrrhus of Epirus gained it during the Pyrrhic War period in 276 BC.

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But the Greek and Latin metres abound in the spondee and pyrrhic- the former consisting of two long syllables, the latter of two short; and there are innumerable instances of the immediate succession of many spondees and many pyrrhics.

It was once believed that the Romans were aided in their struggle against the Lucanians in the Pyrrhic War by Ares himself, though far be it from me to understand why such a god, even if he did exist, would compromise his majesty by consorting with mortals in such a way.

Palermo eventually became a Colonies in antiquity when Pyrrhus of Epirus gained it during the Pyrrhic War period in 276 BC. However as the Ancient Rome flooded into Sicily during the First Punic War, the city became under Roman Republic only three decades later.

For some reason I felt a need to win a pyrrhic victory.

This was if anything a Pyrrhic victory for both states.

He knows, of course, that this is perhaps a Pyrrhic victory.

The battle was a pyrrhic victory for the British, however.

Others say it was not a military failure but a Pyrrhic victory.

But it will probably prove to be a Pyrrhic victory.

It could also be a Pyrrhic victory for the writers.

The higher education portfolio, however, was something of a pyrrhic victory.

This might well be a Pyrrhic victory, but we shall have to wait and see.

My only regret is that he didn't turn up at court to watch his Pyrrhic victory.

Gould had won, but it was a pyrrhic victory at best.

But the events of the next two days would prove this to be a Pyrrhic victory.

It is a Pyrrhic victory at best; the rest of us are the losers.

To many the compromise agreement was seen as a Pyrrhic victory for both sides.

Like too many of his struggles with death, this proves to be a Pyrrhic victory.

And while the two families won their original suit, the victory may turnout to be Pyrrhic.

Be careful that it does not become a Pyrrhic victory."

They are the only winners of the Chancellor's pyrrhic victories.

But it turned out to be a pyrrhic victory.

To persist in wanting this kind of market would be a Pyrrhic victory.

George Bush is on the verge of a Pyrrhic victory.

But at this late stage, such a victory would be Pyrrhic at best.

The strategy worked, but it was a Pyrrhic victory.

Those were Pyrrhic victories; too many of them and you'll be finished."

I shall think of it always as a Pyrrhic defeat."