Sentence examples for contest of his from inspiring English sources

But he has already won the most significant contest of his life in a country where men, guns and violence are regarded as natural companions.

Now Mr. Obama is in the climactic contest of his career, about to receive the ultimate judgment on his performance from the American people.

Michael Ligocki of Poland won the first halfpipe contest of his World Cup snowboarding career in Almalenco, Italy, and Holly Crawford of Australia claimed her second victory.

Mr. Mugabe, who has run Zimbabwe since white rule ended in 1980, is facing the toughest political contest of his career.

For Tavares, who scored the tying goal to force overtime in Game 3 and the winner in Game 4, the biggest contest of his career along with the award nomination presented an unusual juxtaposition.

And while the race was something of a blowout — Team Cuomo defeated Team Bloomberg by 18 seconds — Mr. Bloomberg said he planned a little death-defying contest of his own.

He compared stock-market investing to the newspaper beauty contests of his day, where the best way to pick a winner wasn't to decide which girl was intrinsically the prettiest but to discern which candidate the average reader would choose.

And they will doubtless contest some of his interpretations.

The straight-sets victory over Gasquet created a sense of mild anti-climax which was itself a tribute to Murray's command of the contest and of his emotions.

During the leadership contest one of his rivals, the very able minister Alex Attwood, suggested that perhaps it was time for the SDLP to leave the devolved government and become the main opposition force in the parliament.

Though Mr. Adelson first supported Newt Gingrich during the early nominating contests because of his strong support for Israel, he has since thrown his support behind Mr. Romney.