Sentence examples for ante from inspiring English sources

So far, so Escoffier, but Otto recently upped the ante with an even more ancient lobster press.

Or, ante la duda, la más tetuda, as he put it.

The story of the Kinks' Ray Davies has been explored before, but the forthcoming biography by Johnny Rogan Ray Davieses: A Complicated Life (Bodley Head, 5 Mar) – looks set to up the Kinks industry ante.

Upping the ante, the energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, who heads Syriza's militant wing, sent tremors through the party last week, saying it should step down rather than impose policies it had not been elected to enforce.

Michael Grade, former chairman of the BBC and chief executive of ITV and Channel 4, said: "I would be very suspicious of ex-ante powers of publication being given to a regulator or anyone.

Zawraq started to drift in the ante-post market for Saturday's Classic as soon as news of his setback emerged and had eased to a top price of 7-1 with Paddy Power and Stan James on Tuesday afternoon.

The main mover further down the ante-post list for the Derby was Giovanni Canaletto, who shortened throughout the day before confirmation arrived that he will be Ryan Moore's chosen mount from three possible rides for the Aidan O'Brien stable.