He has regained the nation's admiration, as an outsider once more, only after a painful defeat.

His painful 1981 defeat was not just a judgment on his policies or his record in Congress.

Their season has followed a formula: They win an important game, then return the next day and stumble to a painful defeat.

The Safavid army, unfamiliar with firearms, suffered a painful defeat.

His re-examination of France's painful defeat in 1870 was among the first of its kind.

And what would happen if Honored Matres met painful defeat?

Another reason is to protect a known player from the insult of a painful defeat.

I considered it a painful personal defeat when I could not bring about the identification of someone who came under my care.

When the Democrats lost the presidential race in Ohio two years ago, it was a painful defeat to many on the local level.

This was underlined by a painful defeat in the parliamentary elections only a few months ago.