Sentence examples for a pennant of from inspiring English sources

The first rays of morning touch distant clouds with orange and unfurl a pennant of blue sky above black hills.

He banked the Husky over a pennant of flare gas fire, and from the size of the flame estimated the well was producing 1,500 barrels of oil per day.

The club was in a pennant race, of course, and Gibson's condition was a matter of daily concern to Cardinals fans everywhere, so his broadside was not taken in good part.

How can you tell a city and a team that they have to lose a pennant because of problems they don't know about happening thousands of miles away?" Summing it up years later, Roseboro said: "For millions of Americans the pennant race was a diversion from the problems that were sweeping over the country.

Amid the pain and the apprehension and the tears will be the surprise presence of a pennant race, courtesy of a rousing 20-5 late-season run by the Mets, which has suddenly given them a chance, fragile as it is, to win the National League East title.

Bob Costas said at the time he did not like the wild-card system as he believed it "diminishes the drama and authenticity of a pennant race," although he approved of the playoff teams in 1999.

Reddick had a taste of a pennant race last season as part of the Boston team that collapsed down the stretch.

All of the elements of a pennant race were reverberating through the packed stadium.

But the Tigers came into this game on the fringes of a pennant race, with a.283 average that was the highest of any major league team.

Instead of wilting in the heat of a pennant race, they are thriving in it.

While the Mets dance on the razor-thin edge of a pennant race, the Yankees, 3,000 miles from home, are out of sight and all but out of contention.