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victory - use in sentences
Converse of object
- clinch: Josh Angulo delivered the goods with a perfect one handed back loop to clinch the overall victory.
- snatch: However, at the eleventh hour the government snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
- deserve: The club and support were boosted by the weekend's deserved victory over leaders Norwich but had to overcome a worsening injury list.
- celebrate: The college flag was flown earlier this week to celebrate the victory.
- seal: O'Brien stroked in a break of 60 to pull a frame back, but Michie fired in 75 to seal victory.
- win: At elections to the Supreme Soviet in March 1990, the Popular Front of Latvia won a convincing victory.
Adjective modifier
- decisive: Our multithreaded application test showed an even more decisive victory for the AMD chip.
- resounding: The Scots army met them at Methven near Perth, where the English won a resounding victory.
- emphatic: The late win over Milan, then the emphatic victory here against Besiktas went some way toward doing that.
- successive: Under - 13s LYNDHURST went top of the table with their third successive victory on Friday.
- convincing: At elections to the Supreme Soviet in March 1990, the Popular Front of Latvia won a convincing victory.
Modifies a noun
- parade: By the end of the season they had won the FA Cup and Gerald watched the victory parade from a window on The Spot.
Noun used with modifier
- landslide: An overwhelming 70 per cent gave the bicycle a landslide victory.
- wicket: The 4th XI completed the clean sweep for the club with an easy 7 wicket victory at home to Urmston.
- election: However, the reasons for Klaus's election victory in 1992 were undoubtedly more complex.
- semi-final: They're pictured below just before their semi-final victory against Elworth.
- morale-boosting: It was a stunning strike which sealed a morale-boosting victory for the Magpies.
Preposition: of
- proletariat: It even states that the fall of the bourgeoisie and the victory of the proletariat are both equally inevitable.
Preposition: from
- jaw: However, at the eleventh hour the government snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
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