Sentence examples for contest that for from inspiring English sources

But these cities are all seeking to win a contest that for nearly the last three decades has been seemingly cursed.

But for the most part, it was a sloppy contest that, for a time, looked to be in danger of being postponed.

It's a symbolic stripping down for action in a contest that, for the record, features no visible nudity, although at least three of the performers here get about as naked as they can in all but the literal sense.

If aides to Mr. Lazio and Mrs. Clinton agree on anything, it is that voters (and, not incidentally, other politicians and the news media) have lost, at least for the time being, some of their fascination with a contest that for so long had seemed the political equivalent of the O. J. Simpson trial.

With Australia arriving as holders and world champions in both short forms, England are in the unfamiliar role of underdogs, albeit slight ones in a contest that for the first time will include one Test, three ODIs and three T20s with points awarded for each fixture.

Bill Shorten, 46, prevailed in a leadership contest that was, for the first time, thrown open to a vote by all party members.

There was instead an appreciation of a contest that wanted for very little, and a young outfit on an upward trajectory that could yet take in some thrilling heights.  .

"Mr. Peanut" is most harrowing in its bleakly convincing portrayal of the eternal contest that often passes for a marriage, with each partner holding the other responsible for his or her deepest unhappiness.

Mr. McCain won with more than double that in a contest that was noted for its mudslinging.

This problem occurred in the first round of the Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, which is a contest that is open for all high school students.

In the final analysis, we might just get away with clinging to the notion that the World Cup is still a sporting contest that is good for the world.