Sentence examples for champion engaged from inspiring English sources

Capriati and Martinez, the defending champion, engaged in long crowd-pleasing rallies; Martinez tried drop shots, overheads and volleys to keep Capriati off balance.

While the Torres transfer was wrapped up in a matter of days, Luiz had to wait more than a month to learn his fate as the Barclays Premier League champions engaged in tortuous on-off negotiations with Benfica, which looked to have broken down completely on Friday afternoon.

The pivotal moment came at Oxford, in 1860, when Darwin's friend and champion Thomas Henry Huxley engaged in a famous debate with Bishop Samuel Wilberforce.

Although he was expelled from the governing A.N.C., he has emerged to champion miners engaged in wildcat strikes at gold and platinum mines.

Lauda, then the reigning world champion, was engaged in a fierce battle for the title with Hunt, the louche golden boy of British motor racing.

I know you love a good fight: two or more opponents duking it out to determine the ultimate champion has engaged the human race since their very beginnings*.

By reverting to the type of animated street talk that propelled him to stardom as "Money" Mayweather, the veteran boxer and the fast-witted, two-division UFC champion McGregor engaged in a compelling verbal back-and-forth on four international tour stops to promote the fight.

Champions are engaged and trained in each specialty to serve as role models and resources for the staff to ensure sustainability.

In a tersely worded three-page response to Armstrong's 80-page brief and request for a temporary restraining order against USADA, which in June accused the seven-time Tour de France champion of engaging in a massive sports doping conspiracy, U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks gave Armstrong's legal team 20 days to refile the complaint.

Olympic rowing champion Pete Reed got engaged at the London 2012 closing ceremony.

In two terms as champion, Klitschko has engaged in 18 world title fights, winning 16.