Victory
in sentence
2002 examples of Victory in a sentence
That is the meaning of Brexit, Trump’s victory, and any populist victories to come.
A
victory
for populism would indicate that the political classes really have failed their citizens.
The
victory
of the campaign in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union should have jolted all of us from the illusion that we are somehow protected from the risks we see around us.
More recently, at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, he refused to condemn outright the anti-Semitic incidents that have proliferated since his election victory, instead offering a vague promise to do everything possible “to stop long-simmering racism and every other thing that’s going on.”
The world has some time to consider the full implications of Trump’s victory, because he will not take office until January 20, 2017, and he will then spend several months staffing his administration with the men and women who will actually formulate and implement its policies.
We also know that Trump’s
victory
jeopardizes world trade.
With Trump’s victory, the world has decisively entered a period of increasing unpredictability and instability.
But it is less obvious that he is willing to do what is necessary to lead the Labour Party to
victory
in the next general election.
More and more, politics looks like a rigged system whereby members of the same political class compete for jobs, rather than for the
victory
of ideas, or on behalf of larger collective interests.
“Clinton was still celebrating the
victory
and loved staying up half the night to laugh and talk with old friends,” he wrote.
Lurking in the background of the presidential election was fear in some quarters that a
victory
by Nidaa Tounes, which won a plurality in parliament, might mean a return to authoritarian rule.
The study’s authors – Paul Abramson, John Aldrich, Jill Rickershauser, and David Rohde – concluded that Bush owed his 2004
victory
largely to the 2001 attacks.
A female US presidential candidate has now won a majority of women’s votes, and more total votes than her male opponent, and yet her strategy failed to deliver enough votes to secure a
victory.
They regard immigration – to which Cameron attributed the Leave campaign’s
victory
– as a net benefit for the economy; but they fail to pay attention to what it implies for workers who experience downward wage pressure or for communities struggling with a scarcity of affordable housing, crowded schools, and an overwhelmed health system.
If, instead, he wins by a slim margin, his victory, in the absence of trustworthy observers, will have no credibility.
The Saudis could well be right: the departure of US troops would represent a sweeping
victory
for Iran, which has no military presence in Iraq, but is the strongest player there.
In our global war on AIDS, the international community is on the verge of snatching defeat from the jaws of
victory.
In wartime or during a counterterrorism operation, deception may be a necessary condition of
victory
or success – which clearly is in our interest.
While Rouhani was the favorite, few anticipated his large margin of
victory
(by winning 57% of the vote, he precluded a runoff).
But the scale of Rouhani’s
victory
suggests that the public, though very concerned about the state of the economy, has some hope for his approach.
Judging by Rouhani’s resounding electoral victory, it seems that Iranians are willing to give him the chance to attempt to finish what he started.
Nothing can ever diminish what was at stake – and the
victory
that has been won – on the streets of Kyiv.
One reason for the opposition’s
victory
is, of course, universal: after a time, people everywhere want change, and Civic Platform had been in power since 2007.
Elections are a choice, not an auction between competing lists of promises, with
victory
simply going to the highest bidder.
It would be a mistake, however, to view the vote in Greece as a straightforward
victory
for democracy – despite what the country’s prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, and his supporters like to claim.
If the Greek referendum is a
victory
for anything, it is a
victory
for national sovereignty.
Compensating for reduced national autonomy by creating room for democratic action at the European level really would have been a
victory
for democracy.
The key reason for the DPJ’s
victory
was that voters were fed up with the LDP.
Trump’s
victory
has sounded a death knell for the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership, which Obama had made the centerpiece of his Asia strategy.
The Soviets had the great
victory
over Hitler’s Germany in World War II, which left Russia one of the world’s two superpowers.
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