Sentence examples for a tight battle from inspiring English sources

"And secondly, because it was such a tight battle — transparent".

"On the first stint I had a tight battle with Ralf," Schumacher said.

The White House is in a tight battle with Congress over passage of the trade legislation.

Prediction A gallant failure or two, a couple of hammerings and a tight battle with Afghanistan.

For a while Rhode and Wei were locked in a tight battle, neither woman giving in.

We get plenty of ripe performances, with Jackson and Russell enjoying a tight battle of whiskers and pipe smoke.

The president is locked in a tight battle with Mitt Romney, according to national polls and surveys in battleground states.

Instead, it became a tight battle for the Spaniard to try to pass Button to retake the lead.

United States Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato, who seemed to have been in a tight battle, lost decisively.

Dr. Coburn is in a tight battle with Mr. Carson to succeed Senator Don Nickles, a Republican who is retiring.

In a tight battle, accuracy is everything, and Samoa need to sharpen up before they play South Africa next weekend.