Sentence examples for contest shortly from inspiring English sources

In keeping with political trends, the former Eastern bloc countries were invited to join the contest shortly after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Mr. Vilsack dropped out of the contest shortly after Mr. Obama entered, saying he could not compete with what he expected would be a muscular fund-raising operation grown out of his celebrity candidacy.

We'll be announcing our new contest shortly.

They had a contest shortly after where you had to identify a sample in order to win a gift certificate.

The authorities say the winner of a roach-eating contest died shortly after downing dozens of bugs and worms.

The match, between two powerhouse English clubs, was cast officially as a friendly at a neutral site, a no-stakes contest played shortly after the conclusion of the Champions League final in London.

Alicia Machado from Venezuela won the Miss Universe contest in 1996, shortly after Trump became executive producer of the contest.

By then, she had done a little modelling, entered a beauty contest, and was shortly to pay her dues as a silent-movie starlet in a bare-breasted cameo.

In a flash Valencia had countered Hull's momentum but he spurned the opportunity to turn the contest on its head shortly afterwards when he failed to connect with Winston Reid's goalward header, unmarked and six yards out.

He will also contest the English championships, shortly before the Manx team is announced on 8 May.

A contest will go up shortly when we hit the first leg of our trip within an hours.