It's a moment of abject defeat for Archie.

Reynolds's shoulders were slumped in abject defeat.

The abject defeat of Arab armies in 1967 led to an initial rejectionist attitude in some Arab circles.

I raised eyebrows at Del, who turned and preceded me into the house as the metri and her kinsman discussed the repercussions of abject defeat.

And somewhere at the base of it was abject defeat.

He wore an expression of abject defeat and for a short moment my attention moved away from my own troubles and I felt sorry for him.

OK, so maybe "British diplomacy" has suffered an "abject defeat."

This has led in some stories to Rockerduck eating an entire truckload of hats because of an especially abject defeat.

I waited in vain for some form of plant species to appear magically from the crevices or corners, but finally had to concede total and abject defeat.

Kurigalzu launched a campaign which resulted in the abject defeat and capture of Ḫur-batila, who appears in no other inscriptions.