Sentence examples for contest a draw from inspiring English sources

At the end of a fiery and fully committed contest, a draw was probably a fair result, yet ultimately both teams may well reflect on what might have been.

Nearly five months after the November election, the Democratic and Republican candidates have 3,304 votes apiece, and the Nassau County Board of Elections has officially declared the contest a draw.

Until his last contest, a draw, Ventura (8-0-1) had knouteachut each of his eight opponents.

Campaign spokesman Josh Bell said Tuesday the change makes the contest "a drawing, which is legal under Kansas law".

Two judges scored the contest as a draw, 38-38, while the third judge awarded the contest to Adams 39-37.

And at the price of mixing its pugilistic metaphors, 20Minutes Online took the imagery a stage further in order to score the contest as a draw: "Cock fight ends with no K.O".

(Perhaps realizing how that might be too generous, he adds: "At worst, the contest was a draw"). The line from Palin to Trump is one he doesn't touch, let alone contemplate.

Two defeats in five games coming into this contest, and a draw with Everton, ultimately cost Sir Alex Ferguson's side in what became the most extraordinary finale to the league championship since Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield in 1989.

Afterwards, Roode began walking to the backstage area as Booker T followed continuing the fight as the referee counted out both men, ending the contest in a draw.

You do feel satisfyingly hardcore, though, watching a couple of foreign teams contest a 0-0 draw, a member of an exclusive club comprising just expat Portuguese and Ukrainians, Jim, commentator Dave Woods, and pundits Stan Collymore and Pat Nevin, who once gave me some athletes' foot lotion with disastrous consequences – another fascinating personal anecdote I shall save for a future column.

It was the final scheduled Republican debate on the calendar, but unless a presumptive nominee emerges swiftly, debates could take place throughout the spring as the party's nominating contest becomes a drawn-out fight for delegates.