Sentence examples for a showdown that tests from inspiring English sources

It's just you and your opponent on center court in a showdown that tests both ability and will.

The result was a showdown that felt vaguely distant and, even during Ms. Bowersox's high points, largely unremarkable.

But it is a showdown that appears to be increasingly unrelated to the French market's demands.

Death penalty supporters gathered enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot, and Nebraska will host what promises to be a widely watched November showdown that will test the extent to which voters in a conservative state still favor capital punishment.

The meet-ups seemed calculated to inspire a showdown, and that's what happened.

This matchup features the last two teams from the West to win the Stanley Cup, though each team had its mettle tested by semifinal showdowns that reached seven games.

A showdown looms that Sony cannot really afford to lose.

A showdown on Common Core testing.

That showdown tests the power of the state's highest-profile politician -- a man who almost always can command public attention -- against the influence of the state's most prominent political financier.

That August deal averted a showdown between the two sides that had reached the State Department, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve.

"Amendment 64 created a constitutional showdown and that showdown was destined for a courtroom from the moment the last ballot was cast in the state".