Sentence examples for challenging matchup from inspiring English sources

Despite missing some key players because of injury, the Indians battled the Monsoons in a challenging matchup.

Yet when a reporter asked him if he thought the series was great, Rivers, ever the coach, said that all he was thinking about was Orlando and what challenging matchups the Magic's Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis would pose for Boston.

With Kidd, the Nets have won the conference title each of the last two seasons, but without him, even the first-round matchup with a sub-.500 team could be challenging.

Texas cornerback Quentin Jammer said the Longhorns might stop the Colorado running game by putting nine defenders near the line of scrimmage while challenging Pesavento and his receivers to beat the Texas cornerbacks in man-to-man matchups.

Neither of these players is going to challenge for the title, but this matchup features the sweetest strokes in the men's game.

Look for Bagautinov to take this one via second round knockout, and challenge the winner of a December matchup between John Dodson and Scott Jorgensen for the next shot at 125-pound gold.

Sure, neither of these guys is going to challenge for a title here, but this matchup features a pair of the sweetest strokes in the men's game.

Few teams provide the kind of matchup challenge that Smith-Schuster and Brown do.

A word to the wise: Don't challenge Nichols to a one-on-one gender-based matchup with the camera rolling and the mic hot.

And they have failed to draft a credible independent candidate to challenge Trump and deny him the presidency in a matchup against Hillary Clinton.

Mr. Moran is one in a cadre of Republican rebels and newcomers who have helped to turn next week's Bush-McCain matchup into the first contested primary since Alfonse M. D'Amato challenged Senator Jacob K. Javits in 1980.