Sentence examples for a distant runner-up from inspiring English sources

But a distant runner-up, surely, in this race.

Arizona's Brandon Webb, last year's winner, was a distant runner-up with 94 points.

NBC was a distant runner-up, garnering a season high for "Chuck" (7.6 million) and 7.8 million viewers for "Heroes".

Mr. McCain even played down his stunning upsets in the New Hampshire and Michigan primaries, calling himself "a distant runner-up".

CBS was a distant runner-up on the night with "Big Brother" at 8 (6.6 million) and a repeat of "CSI" at 9 (7.3 million).

Lion Heart was second in the Kentucky Derby and Rock Hard Ten was a distant runner-up behind Smarty Jones in the Preakness.

CBS fared best, finishing a very distant runner-up thanks in part to the strength of "60 Minutes," which drew 5 million viewers at 8 p.m., according to Nielsen's estimate.

Jacques Demy's graceful, candy-colored "Donkey Skin" (1970) is the distant runner-up, a movie that treats an exceptionally disturbing story with a disconcertingly light touch.

Sizing Europe, the distant runner-up in Cheltenham's Champion Chase, made a brave bid by taking out the pace before being overhauled at the final fence.

But a strangely subdued note was struck by the keynote speaker, Senator John McCain, the self-described "distant runner-up".

The distant runner-up is the M-16 and its descendants, which have been reproduced fewer than 10 million times.