But his triumph proved short-lived.

But the triumph proved short-lived.

The reader may wonder just what this triumph proves since Brian often sounds more like a machine than Sven does.

Back then, there were baseball-playing dads rather than soccer moms; Robinson's triumph within the national pastime proved particularly satisfying as spectacle.

Ironically, 2000 triumph proved to be the beginning of Tomac's political decline.

But his triumph over the Brotherhood proved in the end to be a Pyrrhic victory.

The triumph of Colin Firth proves that nice guys do not have to finish last.

And yet their triumph could quickly prove bittersweet.

The October events, as they are called here, were supposed to have ended in an unvarnished victory for the President, but triumph has proved a phantom.

The triumph proved especially satisfying for Smith, whose A.C.C. tournament record in recent years had sparked growing criticism.