Sentence examples for contest is won from inspiring English sources

The leadership contest is won by Blair.

The contest was won -- by a margin of just 55 of the 15,000 votes cast -- by "Love Is ", a treacly one-panel strip of aphorisms that has been pasted to refrigerators for decades.

This year's contest was won by Sweden's Mans Zelmerlow for his song, "Heroes".

The contest was won by Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, who defeated Mr. Heath's heir apparent, William Whitelaw.

In a shocking twist, the contest was won by an urban dweller, Jeremy Dibbell, of Boston, Massachusetts.

The contest was won by Ukraine, with guest nation Australia runner-up.

The contest was won by Edwardo Velasquez, the food-service manager of the Adolescent Detention Center on Rikers Island.

This beauty contest was won by the American queen, a blonde.

Note: The Leave.EU tweet was made on Friday afternoon, before the 2016 contest was won by Ukraine.

This year's contest was won by Ukraine and the haunting, politically charged ballad 1944 sung by singer-songwriter Jamala.

First prize in the Modern competition (the day before there was a Latin-American contest) was won by a British couple, Richard & Janet Gleave.