Sentence examples for being contenders from inspiring English sources

That they sit ninth in the ultra-competitive Western Conference after years of being contenders is not their sole concern.

He spoke of it being "too early to talk about us being contenders" given the season has only just reached its halfway stage.

We have to redo some things and look at things a little differently, but there's no question that we plan on being contenders in '13, '14 and beyond, and we have to operate that way".

The Mets stopped being contenders long ago, but could offer a player who has cleared waivers to a contending team, as they did with pitcher Shawn Estes, who was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on Aug. 15.

The Vikings long ago gave the ghost of being contenders for anything but Diva of the Year Award, which already has Brett Favre's name etched on it permanently, but they produced a new kind of drama thanks to a gigantic snowstorm and a fabric roof.

"Listen, every year we hear the same thing about Arsenal being contenders.

Does that imply the Mets are contenders?

Some should really have been contenders.

Other technologies, too, may be contenders in the nanoelectronics sweepstakes.

Both tunes are contenders for the Westchester bill.

These headphones are contenders in a number of our categories.