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  1. feasted

  2. deafest

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of defeats in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of defeats in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of defeats in a Sentence

  1. Ralph W. Sockman:

    Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

  2. Sir Ernest Shackleton:

    Men are not made from easy victories, but based on great defeats

  3. John Cogan:

    There are plaintiffs who simply will not give up, despite years of defeats, they've had some successes, but years of defeats, and there's just no lack of an appetite for continuing litigation.

  4. George Orwell:

    An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

  5. William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3:

    Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.

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