Waterloo

//ˌwɔːtəˈluː//

"Waterloo" in a Sentence (13 examples)

Napoleon's army lost the battle of Waterloo in 1815.

The French were defeated at Waterloo.

The battle of Waterloo was the last battle of Napoleon Bonaparte.

The battle of Waterloo became famous.

I met my Waterloo.

In geometry, Anne met her Waterloo.

A bright fire was glowing in the old-fashioned Waterloo stove.

In one hour and five minutes I meet him at Waterloo Station.

No, thank you, I had some supper at Waterloo, but I'll smoke a pipe with you with pleasure.

The French lost the battle of Waterloo.

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He flung his dime at a newsboy, got his Express, propped his back against the truck, and was at once rapt in the account of his Waterloo as expanded by the ingenious press.

Surprisingly, Greenfield did not meet his Waterloo in this showdown with his competitors.

The skull ended up as Dubois’ personal Waterloo. His work received nothing but rejection and derision throughout the next decade, and the bones became dark secrets for much of the early twentieth century, locked away in Dubois’ home, unavailable for study by other scholars.

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