Henry's allies deserted him, and he finally had to submit in November 1181.

Well, his allies had all deserted him.

Your German ally has deserted you.

Even if his closest ally had deserted him in the final hour, nothing could take away victory now.

He was forced to back down when some allies deserted him.

Here, Chauhan's political allies desert him causing his defeat.

Now, as she moves away from us in her own selfish perception of interest, we look inward and wonder why our allies are deserting us.

Even his political allies, including Prytz, deserted him.

These efforts failed when his political allies deserted him by refusing to join the proposed new cabinet.

In the aftershock, the communists' allies there deserted them for Solidarity.