Sentences with victory
vic·to·ry
V v - Union leaders are heading for victory in their battle over workplace rights.
- American victories in the Pacific were won at great cost.
- Victory implies the winning of a contest or struggle of any kind [a victory in battle, in sports, etc.]; conquest implies a victory in which one subjugates others and brings them under complete control [the conquests of Napoleon]; triumph implies a victory in which one exults because of its outstanding and decisive character [the triumphs of modern medicine]
- The new vaccine effected a victory over poliomyelitis.
- A moral victory.
- England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.