1.   He went to work on the President, telling him that to retreat now would be to accept humiliating defeat.

2.   Hearts tried to muster a response but looked like a side that had already accepted defeat.

3.   It can be very hard to accept defeat.

4.   Kevin smiled and accepted his defeat with good grace.

5.   Not one to accept defeat so easily, she sent her son joe to the place where such records are kept.

6.   She simply refuses to accept defeat, no matter how bad things seem.

7.   She wanted to run for the Presidency and refused to accept defeat.

8.   The two wings of authority had accepted defeat and then joined the workforce at the windows.

9.   There comes a point where you have to accept defeat.

10.   Initially the government was unwilling to accept the defeat.