Sentence examples for away when it mattered from inspiring English sources

The rewards soon followed, the visitors seeming to take the game away when it mattered.

But they will surely not be far away when it matters.

Unlike many of O'Brien's runners here, So You Think was fast from the gates and settled in third going strongly in his first race on dirt, but he could not quicken when it mattered and dropped away as Drosselmeyer, ridden by Mike Smith, came through to beat Game On Dude, whose jockey, Chantal Sutherland, was attempting to become the first female jockey to win the race.

LOS ANGELES — Back following two seasons away from football, Kareem Ismail became the biggest target on the field when it mattered most for the Flintridge Prep football team.

It was the Scot who found the inspiration when it mattered, however, playing a terrific return game at 5-4 and crunching away a backhand winner on set point.

Unruffled, Flacco shone when it mattered most.

But he delivered when it mattered most.

They stopped Pittsburgh when it mattered.

But the offense faltered when it mattered.

But Dickey was sharp when it mattered.

Whatever, he showed up when it mattered.