Sentence examples for called the contest from inspiring English sources

Political experts called the contest a battle of political style rather than policy substance.

In the debate, Mr. Faso called the contest for comptroller "the closest statewide race".

If Barnes once called the contest "posh bingo", this year looks a lot less adventitious.

Both CNN and the Associated Press called the contest for the incumbent, who will return to Congress for a fourth term.

A red chalk drawing of a nude youth playing panpipes is clearly a study for a panel painting called "The Contest of Apollo and Marsyas".

Manning, who will go against the top defense in the league, called the contest "a road game at a storied franchise".

The race for the presidency is too close to call; the contest for control of the Senate is going down to the wire as well.

Austria's Eurovision entry Conchita Wurst is facing a transphobic backlash online, with one petition calling the contest a "hotbed of sodomy".

It turned out to be a very smart call by the Lib Dems to call the contest quickly and keep the campaign short.

Not at all, argues the Black Looks blog, which calls the contest ill-judged and patronising, an "offensive, disgusting exploitation of African women".

Bit by bit, so steadily that it is easy to mistake it for routine sniping, the United States and China are being drawn into what the journalist Geoff Dyer, in a new book, calls "the contest of the century".