Sentence examples for beat among from inspiring English sources

She won her first half-marathon and beat, among others, Paula Radcliffe, the world-record holder in the marathon.

He beat, among others, KEITH HERNANDEZ, the former Mets first baseman, and JEFF BLATNICK, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist in wrestling.

He spent most of his career walking the beat "among the people" in the 75th Precinct in East New York, Brooklyn — "It was Dodge City" — and trying to spread the word.

Falz is signed to his own independent label, Bahd Guys Records, and has almost no presence outside Nigeria (until he won the award, at least), and yet he beat, among others, the UK act Section Boyz, who have recently been performing with such American A-listers as Drake and Chris Brown.

With just over a month to go before the Oscars, pundits and bookies alike think that 12 Years a Slave remains the film to beat among the nine best picture nominees.

The inept, half-baked, clumsy effort of VP candidate Sarah Palin registered barely a pulse beat among evangelicals, and it was quickly dampened by McCain.

However, there has been limited examination of trends in the magnitude of wife-beating or factors associated with acceptance of wife-beating among men and women.

There was, it was true, a cascade of classical leg beats among the non sequiturs.

They won their last four games, beating, among others, the Green Bay Packers and the Buccaneers, which essentially knocked Tampa Bay from the playoffs.

Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar 2.31am GMT GONG! Best actor in a television comedy Don Cheadle wins for Showtime's utterly forgettable House of Lies, beating, among others, Louie CK.

In 1998, Alborada won three Group Twos and then the prestigious Group One Champion Stakes at Newmarket, beating among others the Frankie Dettori-ridden Daylami.