The treaty appropriation won by a single vote, dealing the Republicans a devastating defeat.
The battle was a devastating defeat, and has been characterized as one of the most disastrous in British colonial history.
The people in the hall wailed at hearing of the devastating defeat.
Then again, after such a devastating defeat and so many lost, it was even more possible that there would be no pursuit at all.
It was widely described as the most devastating defeat Roosevelt had ever experienced.
Six months after a devastating defeat, the San Francisco 49ers are preparing for a new season without some familiar faces.
The first was the burden of history in a place where many people still remembered slavery, Reconstruction, and a devastating military defeat.
This would be a devastating defeat for the Federation.
And it was a devastating defeat for those who believe that Government should pay an activist role in protecting the public health.
It was a devastating defeat for Bertrand and his crew.