Sentence examples for contest for an from inspiring English sources
Catering to a heightened Victorian fascination with the human body, he staged a precedent-setting physique (bodybuilding) contest for an overflow audience in 1901 in London's Albert Hall.
As the world's oil wells run dry, many including sober analysts in both countries foresee China-India rivalry redrawn as a cut-throat contest for an increasingly scarce resource.
In part because of his online promotions, Mr. Underwood's hometown, Petersburg, Va., was one of five cities to win an NBC contest for an advance screening of the conspiracy-thriller series.
Giulia, who spoke Italian when she was at home with her mother, Maria Lewis, an Italian immigrant, had recently won a contest for an essay written in Italian, Ms. Reyes said.
In local elections on Saturday, a veteran white politician, Jacquelyn B. Clarkson, defeated an African-American candidate, Cynthia Willard-Lewis, by 53percentto47percentcent, in a contest for an at-large Council seat decided largely along racial lines.
Their first choice, Dan Wofford, who lost narrowly to Mr. Gerlach in the 2002 contest for an open seat, bowed out, saying the race would be too difficult on his young sons, who are 8 and 11.
A sharp contest for a rotten seat, or, A set-to for the speakership [graphic] / C.J.G.
New York City is holding a naming contest for a soon-to-be-unveiled green space in Queens.
"I am doing my best to win a contest for a clearly political office.
The court system serves as a prime example of the contest for a postwar Syria.
