Sentence examples for almost champion from inspiring English sources

Recently it has become fashionable to describe Murray as a man perpetually on the verge, an almost champion swilling with frothy, buttery near-greatness.

Those were the days, eh? Gazza in tears, Madchester on the radio, poll tax riots in the streets … Based on Pete Davies's bestseller All Played Out, James Erskine's film also recounts how English football successfully rebranded itself during the tournament, from a barbaric bunch of hooligans to a nation of dignified, if lachrymose, almost-champions.

The "Dancing with the Stars" almost-champion confirmed the news to TMZ through his rep who stated that the pair "are no longer a couple".

Though we're almost positive Champion is not a murderer, one of his high school friends revealed a different secret to ABC: Champion was named "Best boogier" in high school.

Ms. Ha is an almost accidental champion.

Behind the wheel, they have a mature race winner and almost world champion in Massa and the prodigious young talent of Valtteri Bottas.

"What was really interesting was there was almost a champions league of resident involvement," he says.

Vancouver (almost Canadian champions) could do with some heartening news, after their late sickening loss on away goals in midweek.

The next day, they continued to have things their own way, & in the end, 'the now almost ex-champions, the Orioles, were shut out, 4-0.

"He looked real good," said Duva, who has had a hand in shaping almost 20 champions, including Joey Giardello, Evander Holyfield, Pernell Whitaker and Rocky Lockridge.

Had we won the last game, 82 would have got us up and almost as champions.