Sentence examples for contest closely from inspiring English sources

Wall Street, legal experts and other troubled cities are watching this ill-matched contest closely.

Little was really new for Wall Street analysts who have been following the contest closely.

Republicans who are watching the nominating contest closely say it's hard to imagine Tea Party activists meekly conceding to a choice by members of the Washington establishment.

Democrats are watching the contest closely, unsure whether Cruz, the devil they know, would be better to face than Trump, a wild card who could scramble the normal dynamics of blue and red states.

Dan Balz reminds that we're in a period where the SDs will be watching the contest closely and will decide based on which candidate performs "on a higher level".

I watched the run-up to those contests closely; devoured all the analysis that suggested Mr. Romney would continue to roll, and when the results came in, thought, My, that was random.

A recent tightening of the race involved a surge among Republican-leaning independents, who are more certain to vote and are following the contest more closely than their Democratic equivalents, polls suggest.

The contest is closely aligned with both New York State Learning Standards and New York City Performance Standards for elementary, middle and high school students in the so-called STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths) fields, as well as the Common Core State Standards for English Language , Arts& Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects.

The contest more closely resembled soccer, with teams scoring by kicking the ball into the opponent's net, and lacked a uniform rules structure.

But thanks to visceral disenchantment with Washington over a stagnating economy — and to the sometimes gaffe-prone Weprin campaign — what was expected to be a lopsided race between Mr. Weprin and his Republican opponent, Bob Turner, a retired television executive, has become a close and closely watched contest that is being seen by some as a referendum on President Obama.

Instead, the union was dealt a bitter defeat on Wednesday in a battle it had expected to win, or at least closely contest.