Sentence examples for a legitimate run from inspiring English sources

This was supposed to be the season St. John's made a legitimate run, the sixth season in Norm Roberts's tenure.

With the way the Patriot offense and defense have looked this season (more on that, below), Welker could make a legitimate run at the receptions mark.

While no team made a legitimate run at being a No. 1 seed in the N.C.A.A. Tournament, Michigan State (24-7) and Ohio State (25-6) have good chances of being a No. 2. Michigan State needs to recover from dropping the final two games of the regular season — and losing its shot at winning the title outright.

Although there was room for disagreement even after the review, it was determined that Posada's fly ball was a legitimate home run.

Mr. Nablisi, who has a legitimate business running an electronics store, typically bought cartons of unstamped cigarettes, probably from someone who had bought them on an Indian reservation, an official said.

The question of what makes violence legitimate runs through the novel, but the novel is also in love with violence.

But he also found that the candidates got on the ballot legally and appeared to have a legitimate desire to run.

Whether it's a fraud or a legitimate investment, a "run on the bank" can undermine it.

"We knew the efforts to create a legitimate tribunal were running up against resistance," she said.

Ryan observes, "The idea that 'the many' might have a legitimate interest in running their own lives just because they wish to is not one Plato entertains.

Mrs. Clinton was probably the most famous woman to argue that the job of modern political spouse, at least as she filled it, was a legitimate qualification for running on her own.