Examples of 'pyrrhic victory' in a sentence

Meaning of "pyrrhic victory"

Pyrrhic victory: a victory that comes at a high cost or has such devastating consequences that it is almost like a defeat, often used to describe a situation where the winner suffered significant losses or setbacks as a result of their victory
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  • A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost.

How to use "pyrrhic victory" in a sentence

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pyrrhic victory
But that would be a pyrrhic victory at best.
A pyrrhic victory in which its losses.
He tells me you have had a pyrrhic victory.
But this is a pyrrhic victory on both sides.
Consider the cost of this pyrrhic victory.
Pyrrhic victory for certain.
I understand what you mean by pyrrhic victory.
But it will be a pyrrhic victory for both sides.
Criminalizing workers and unions for upholding rights is a pyrrhic victory.
Feels like a pyrrhic victory.
A pyrrhic victory thus far.
The very definition of a pyrrhic victory.
This pyrrhic victory meant that they were never again used en masse.
This sounds like a pyrrhic victory.
We fear a Pyrrhic victory in this dispute.

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We must not allow the proposed rule to become a pyrrhic victory.
So it was a pyrrhic victory at best.
Every day above ground is a Pyrrhic victory.
I suppose a Pyrrhic victory is still a victory.
But this delay was more of a Pyrrhic victory.
This was something of a Pyrrhic victory as the route was very lengthy.
This situation is commonly referred to as a Pyrrhic victory.
This was if anything a Pyrrhic victory for both states.
To persist in wanting this kind of market would be a Pyrrhic victory.
So this is a pyrrhic victory.
A pyrrhic victory in which its losses Had made victory pointless.
The airline did have one Pyrrhic victory.
It is a Pyrrhic victory in any case.
That is precisely the kind of Pyrrhic victory.
This is a Pyrrhic victory at best.
But now it is clear that it was a Pyrrhic victory.
Someone who wins a Pyrrhic victory has been victorious in some way.
But that may ultimately be a Pyrrhic victory.
Pyrrhic victory of the Kolchak armies on Tobol.
Oiseau will report it as a Pyrrhic victory.
It was a Pyrrhic victory for the Confederates.
The verdict was a classic Pyrrhic victory.
Pyrrhic Victory is the third studio album by Dutch band Intwine.
But this proved to be a Pyrrhic victory.
The Pyrrhic victory left Cnut as the dominant leader in Scandinavia.
It also turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory.
A Pyrrhic victory perhaps.
The fall of apartheid is a Pyrrhic victory.
Of a Pyrrhic victory.
But it might end up being a Pyrrhic victory.
Pyrrhic victory or the necessary price of freedom?
I even had a wonderful Pyrrhic victory.
The pyrrhic victory is the best example of one 's inability to think positionally.
I am not interested in a Pyrrhic victory.
Now, it was a pyrrhic victory for certain.

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