Sentences with 'dashed'

Example sentences and phrases with the word dashed and other words derived from it.

« Such radical nationalists had their day in the revolutions of 1848, but then saw their hopes dashed when the conservative kings of Prussia and Austria rallied their military forces and regained power. »
« Garibaldi returned to Italy during the revolutions of 1848 only to see his hopes for a united Italy free of foreign control dashed by the machinations of the Austrians, the French and the papacy. »
« Cindy got into modelling mainly to earn money to pay her way through college, but she was so successful, and so quickly, that her academic dreams were dashed. »
« However, Texans' hopes for independence were dashed in 1834, when Santa Anna dismissed the Mexican Congress and abolished all state governments, including that of Coahuila and Texas. »
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