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Pyrrhic in a sentence
Pyrrhic meaning
- Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables).
- Relating to Pyrrhus, a Macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting Rome.
- Alternative letter-case form of Pyrrhic (“achieved at too great a cost”).
Synonyms of Pyrrhic
Using Pyrrhic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables). | Relating to Pyrrhus, a Macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting Rome. | Alternative letter-case form of Pyrrhic (“achieved at too great a cost”).
- Useful related words include: ritual dancing, metrical unit, foot, metrical foot.
- In the example corpus, pyrrhic often appears in combinations such as: pyrrhic victory, as pyrrhic, be pyrrhic.
Context around Pyrrhic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pyrrhic
- In this selection, "pyrrhic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, victor, remain, ultimately, victory, ideological and war stand out and add context to how "pyrrhic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an ultimately pyrrhic victory and as a pyrrhic victory for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pyrrhic" sits close to words such as abhinandan, abhor and abscesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pyrrhic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The ultimate victor, pyrrhic or not, was Boris Johnson. (9 words)
Even in 1940, many saw McDaniel as a sellout and her victory as pyrrhic. (14 words)
Mel Lissa have to take the positives where they come from this pyrrhic victory. (14 words)
But with Prestia carried off after twisting his leg under a Kozzy Pickett tackle during the final quarter, and Nankervis looking very lame when he made his way off during the third term, this could be a pyrrhic victory for Damien Hardwick’s side. (44 words)
If at least a Pyrrhic victory for what is right and what is lawful is to be achieved, a stand such as mine must be honored if not for integrity, then at the very least, for common decency. (38 words)
Alex Woolf describes it as a " pyrrhic victory " for Æthelstan: the campaign seems to have ended in a stalemate, his power appears to have declined, and after he died Olaf acceded to the kingdom of Northumbria without resistance. (38 words)
Is he saying that Oyetola should congratulate him for killing no fewer than 30 members and supporters of our party to secure his pyrrhic victory? (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
Even in 1940, many saw McDaniel as a sellout and her victory as pyrrhic.
Is he saying that Oyetola should congratulate him for killing no fewer than 30 members and supporters of our party to secure his pyrrhic victory?
Sure, the Jets still won in Week 1. But their Pyrrhic victory had a lot to do with Josh Allen giving the game away.
If at least a Pyrrhic victory for what is right and what is lawful is to be achieved, a stand such as mine must be honored if not for integrity, then at the very least, for common decency.
What it does show is the destructive “agitate, agitate, agaitae” principles and the saul alinsky playbook that is willing to destroy anything and everything in pyrrhic ideological battles.
But with Prestia carried off after twisting his leg under a Kozzy Pickett tackle during the final quarter, and Nankervis looking very lame when he made his way off during the third term, this could be a pyrrhic victory for Damien Hardwick’s side.
He may temporarily win the ongoing media war but it would be a Pyrrhic victory.
So what we’re gonna do is, we’re gonna give her this victory—a Pyrrhic victory, make her think that she’s won.
The ultimate victor, pyrrhic or not, was Boris Johnson.
It’s a Pyrrhic victory that causes Rick’s place to be immediately shut down, but Steiner’s winning mash-up remains one of the most celebrated in the history of the genre.
But unless meaningful steps are taken to claim the disowned people as one of its own, the military victories will just remain pyrrhic.
In any case, the tragedies are there – my husband’s condition has been diagnosed, but that’s what he would call a pyrrhic victory; the condition is deteriorating and has no known cure.
Mel Lissa have to take the positives where they come from this pyrrhic victory.
Though the Entebbe raid is often described as one of the most spectacular military missions of modern times, Padilha sees it as an ultimately Pyrrhic victory.
Alex Woolf describes it as a " pyrrhic victory " for Æthelstan: the campaign seems to have ended in a stalemate, his power appears to have declined, and after he died Olaf acceded to the kingdom of Northumbria without resistance.
During the Pyrrhic War (280-275 BC) the Lucanians and Bruttii sided with Pyrrhus and provided contingents which fought with his army.
Following this " Pyrrhic victory ", Cornwallis chose to move to the Virginia coastline to get reinforcements, and to allow the Royal Navy to protect his battered army.
The high cost of his victories against the Romans gave Epirus a new, but brief, importance, as well as a lasting contribution to the Greek language with the concept of a " Pyrrhic victory ".
Then the 1941 Battle of Crete was a pyrrhic victory because of the large casualties.
This was a pyrrhic victory and they failed to fully dislodge the Sikhs from Jamrud.
Common combinations with pyrrhic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pyrrhic victory 17×
- as pyrrhic 3×
- be pyrrhic 3×
- their pyrrhic 2×
- this pyrrhic 2×
- was pyrrhic 2×