Examples of “pyrrhic” in a Sentence

adjective Describing a victory won at such a heavy cost that it is barely worth having, and may leave the winner weaker than before.

• Winning the case was a pyrrhic victory: the legal fees swallowed the damages.
• The strike ended in a pyrrhic win for the union, with half the workforce already laid off.

noun In classical verse, a metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables.

• The line ends on a pyrrhic followed by a spondee.