Sentence examples for Hard fought contest from inspiring English sources

The primary began with an all-star line-up and came down to two remarkable Americans locked in a hard fought contest to the very end.

It had taken just two hours to secure the bridgehead over the river in a hard fought contest, but following the victory, momentum was lost to indecision.

But Republicans also took all but one of the state's seven seats in the House of Representatives -- including a hard- fought contest between Martha Roby, a Republican on the Montgomery City Council, who triumphed over the one-term Democratic incumbent, Bobby Bright.

It marked the official commencement of her final attempt to crack what she called the "the hardest, highest glass ceiling" after being defeated by Barack Obama in their bitterly fought contest for the Democratic nomination in 2008.

The result was a tightly fought contest.

This time round, audience interest has been boosted by the hard fought Clinton v Obama contest for the Democrat nomination and the relatively open field in the Republican primaries, although John McCain is now emerging as the favourite.

That's the real lesson of this year's election.Mark Richard Columbus, OhioSIR – The Obama-Clinton contest was hard fought and ended well, because it has given birth to a new sensation: globamaisation.

A contest that was hard fought and often acrimonious ended with handshakes and praise from the Romney campaign.

With the potential of bringing billions of dollars to the host city's economy, the contest was and will continue to be hard fought.

The contest for the Democratic nomination may or may not be unusually polite, but it will be hard fought.

"It was just hard fought".