How to Use "rout" with Example Sentences

1. But lately retreat has turned to rout .
2. And the prospect of a democratic rout prompts an inevitable question .
3. Again mps lament mr brown 's charmlessness and labour 's likely electoral rout .
4. Markets across europe were also in freefall , following yet another rout in asia .
5. A wave of job losses has started to spread across california 's silicon valley as the trademark optimism of the region 's technology start-ups has turned to pessimism amid the financial market rout .