Sentence examples for a slight player from inspiring English sources

Simon, a slight player who enjoys cat-and-mouse points, should engage Hewitt in lots of long, crowd-pleasing rallies, a tactic which might wear out Hewitt, who missed the entire European clay swing before Paris.

Something was always bothering him: a defeat, a perceived slight, a player's gaffe, the simple, maddening unpredictability of the game.

Evenly matched, the difference in the game will be slight, players and coaches said.

Willo is one of those deceptively small and slight players who are actually made out of solid steel.

These are often slight players, sometimes plucked from the world of rugby for huge sums of money who sit on the sidelines and only ever go on the field to convert a touchdown or kick a field goal.

Slight players who could dart past or stickhandle around opponents, players like Raleigh — 5 feet 11 inches and 150 pounds "soaking wet," in the words of his Rangers linemate Pentti Lund — had thrived since the game's inception.

Salata's daughter, Melanie Salata Fitch, now the chief executive of Irrelevant Week and its spokeswoman, swears that, contrary to what most believe, the term "Mr. Irrelevant" is not meant as a slight to the player.

This isn't a slight on Tredwell, a player I like a lot, but more reflection on the way Australia have decided to have a go at him.

A slight 5-foot-5 player with a ponytail and a soft, easy voice, she came here figuring she would engage in a little healthy pessimism.

A study by The New York Times of this season's opening-day rosters and disabled list shows a slight increase in black players to 10percentt.

The good start was followed by a slight dip in energy — players frequently needed too many attempts to get their dunks in — and then came the Griffin-versus-McGee final.