Sentence examples for and earned the third from inspiring English sources

She put in a powerful performance next to Ed Harris as Cline's swaggering – and abusive – partner Charlie Dick, and earned the third of her five best actress Academy award nominations.

The latest victory came Wednesday night, when the Red Sox beat the St . Louis Cardinals 6-1, in Game 6 of the World Series and earned the third jewel in their championship crown over the last 10 years, their eighth over all.

The victory improved Duke's record to 27-4 and earned the third-ranked Blue Devils the No. 1 seeding in the East Regional of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.

Eric Schlosser, author of "Fast Food Nation", an influential book attacking the industry, points out that Americans spend more on fast food than they do on higher education, PCs or new cars.A film denouncing McDonald's, "Super Size Me", was nominated for an Academy Award this year and earned the third-highest ever box-office takings by a documentary.

But the Sharks scored to tie the game after pulling their goalie for an extra attacker and earned the second point by beating the Devils in the shootout.

Eventually, they may be joined by Daniel Ludwig, 19, who became an international master in 2009 and earned the first of the three norms necessary to become a grandmaster.

Aaron Brooks took over, and the Saints went to 10-6 for the year and earned the first playoff victory in team history.

In 1966 67 Killy won every downhill race he entered and earned the first World Cup for men (awarded by the Fédération Internationale de Ski [FIS] for finishing among the leaders most consistently in a series of international races).

Trammell, who played right field while Derek Bell rested, joined the party a day later than Bordick and Rick White and earned the first curtain call of his Mets career in the second.

"We finished third and earned the first opportunity, which was unfortunately missed, and now we have another opportunity.

She graduated at 19 and earned the second-highest score in the nation on the accounting exam.