Sentence examples for barely losing from inspiring English sources

Last year, Robert Morris received rough treatment from the refs, as a 15th seed barely losing to No. 2 Villanova.

Ohio (1-9) at North Carolina State (6-4) After beating Florida State two weeks ago and barely losing to Maryland last week, N.C.

The colt was Real Quiet and, after barely losing a Triple Crown bid, was named 3-year-old male champion and earned more than $3.2 million in purses.

In the replay North-South did not reach the slam, so the Apfel team gained 11 imps, winning the battle but, just barely, losing the war.

Ratings for network programming have fallen across the board, however, and with NBC holding its audience and ABC barely losing any, the trend at the network newscasts is running more or less counter to the rest of broadcast television.

In "The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority" (Crown Forum), Buchanan shows Nixon tirelessly clawing his way back to the top of American politics after barely losing to Kennedy in 1960 and being humiliated in the race for governor of California in 1962.

He barely lost Minnesota.

If she barely lost then, why would she lose now?

Trump gained among men and barely lost ground with women.

He has barely lost three Grade I races.

Ms. Sink barely lost the 2010 governor's race to Mr. Scott.