Sentence examples for better the record from inspiring English sources

Longo, of France, finished the 7.6 miles in 58 minutes 14 seconds to better the record of 1 01 57 that Genevieve Jeanson of Canada set last year.

In his teens in Canterbury, when everybody else got into indie, Guy became an obsessive collector of funk and soul: "I'd just buy records by looking at the covers – the bigger the Afro, the better the record".

So can Broadway duplicate, maybe even better, the record year in 2007?

Efimova clocked two minutes 14.39 seconds to better the record set by Rebecca Soni in 2009 by 0.18secs.

Tiger Woods has failed to add to his 14 since his 2008 US Open triumph but Nicklaus believes McIlroy, who was won three majors, could better the record.

With 39 successes under his belt, he needed only two more winners to better the record 40 saddled by Fulke Walwyn between 1946 and 1986.

Flosadottir bettered the record of 14-6i set by Daniela Bartova of the Czech Republic at Prague earlier yeserday.

"I am paying attention to all the details so I hope I have a chance of bettering the record," he said.

Jenkins' time of 20.47 seconds in the 50 bettered the record set by older brother John Jenkins, and his time of 44.65 in the 100 bettered his own record.

In 1925, she swam the 21 miles from the tip of Manhattan to Sandy Hook, N.J., in seven hours, 11 1/2 minutes, bettering the record held by men.

In the men's 1,000, Adne Sondral of Norway skated 1 11.74, bettering the record of 1 12.76 set by Japan's Manubo Horii last year.