Sentence examples for contest remained from inspiring English sources

Yet despite the fresh defensive posture from Mrs. Clinton and the sustained optimism by Mr. Obama, there were several signs that the contest remained fluid.

But achieving the margin that Conservatives would need over the two other parties for a slim majority still seemed like a daunting challenge for Mr. Cameron, and as all three leaders resumed their campaigns on Friday they said the contest remained open.

John Sutton should have extended Motherwell's lead, only to waste a close-range header, but the contest remained evenly balanced.

Tipperary led twice again only to have their advantage pegged back on both occasions and the contest remained deadlocked at 0-8 to 0-8.

In-form kicker Dixon added both goals, but the Wildcats ensured that the contest remained alive at the half-time hooter when Sykes zipped over from close range, adding the kick to reduce the deficit to eight points.

The contest remained on a knife-edge but Nadal was always flirting with danger having dropped two sets, and a poor game at 4-3 down saw him broken to 15 and gave Djokovic the chance to serve for the title he had described beforehand as "a dream".

Earlier on Wednesday, despite barely registering in Indiana, where he had encouraged supporters to vote for Cruz, Kasich issued a defiant statement suggesting he would continue to contest remaining primary elections.

The Belfast judoka forced a submission from her opponent with 32 seconds of the contest remaining.

Sherwood introduced Defoe, fifth on the list of Spurs' all-time record goalscorers, for the largely ineffective Soldado with a just over a third of the contest remaining.

But there were just four minutes of this dramatic contest remaining when 22-year-old England Lions left-armer Kerrigan stunned Division One's bottom side with the priceless wicket that earned him a first 10-wicket match haul.

Nevertheless, the New York Daily News reports that several alternate versions of the contest remain scattered throughout the web.