Sentence examples for a poor contest from inspiring English sources

The Jags claimed their third league win of the season over the visitors in a poor contest.

Yet it was a poor contest, a reminder that while élan and panache are French words, so are mediocre and ennui.

City was, after all, winning a wretchedly poor contest, 2-1, on a surface so poor that the Muscovites had painted it green to camouflage its muddy deficiency.

What followed was a series of poor contests, watched by small crowds.

Even allowing for the notoriously poor contests served up by the sisters it is an insult.

This was a good save, at least – but it might have been the poorest contest of the tournament.

The party enters 2016 on around 33 per cent, five points behind the Conservatives, suggesting it could be heading for a poor performance in the contests on 5 May.

A few observers felt this damp, slithering contest was a poor advertisement for the Six Nations but the naysayers all had Irish accents.

A great deal of Murray's recent struggles have centred on his failure to build on leads, and he let Tsonga back into the contest with a poor drop shot early in the second set, but the Briton responded impressively.

The signs had not been particularly good for Murray heading into Tuesday's do-or-die contest after a poor opening display against Nishikori and with only one win in four matches against Raonic.

The Knicks, a poor team in back-to-back contests, will be facing the hottest club in the Eastern Conference.