His defeat in the provincial election of 1941 seems to have been unexpected.

Even so, victory or defeat seemed to depend on what happened to this one crawler in the next few minutes.

Even four weeks ago, the defeat of his candidates would have seemed unthinkable.

The defeat never seemed in doubt, but the Nets' season is.

Each defeat has seemed to deflate them even more.

There were numerous examples in military history where defeat had seemed inevitable and yet a victory was achieved.

The traumatic defeat in 1870 seemed far away, but a vengeful spirit was always present.

Every defeat seems to bring Green closer to the end of his term as manager.

This defeat seemed to take the wind out of Roscommon's sails.

Jameson's defeat does not seem to have been due to any defect in his artillery.