Sentence examples for contest thinking from inspiring English sources

It appears they want to keep this a contest thinking it will keep people reading and watching them.

I've no doubt she entered the contest thinking she stood a chance of winning, but she wouldn't be human had she not calculated that a creditable defeat with would at least help her back into the wider political game.

An older competitor styled "Maggie Mayhem" explains to the innocent Bliss that she psyches herself up for an angry contest by thinking of the man who gave her crabs.

Last weekend's Eurovision song contest and thinking ahead to next month's European elections reminded me of my conversation with Saad; like the Israeli entry, his message to those seeking a resolution to the Israel/Palestine conflict was that there must be another way.

They probably were having a blast, doing what they loved, in the thick of a great contest, not thinking about the outcome, just focusing on the opportunity at hand.

Studios marketed their films, sometimes dishonestly, by inventing suggestive tag lines and lurid titles, even going so far as to hold in-house contests for thinking up provocative titles for screenplays.

Actually, for this contest I was thinking more along the line of illegal behavior.

Even though Lukas, who was inducted into racing's Hall of Fame in 1999, continued to send horses to the Triple Crown contests, I remember thinking much the same thing last year, when he sent Bluegrass Hall's Optimizer to the post in the Kentucky Derby.

Recent Pulitzer debacle aside, this May's Poets and Writers magazine feature about writing contests got me thinking about the advice I give my own students about literary competitions.

23 % Of UK adults are obese His findings contest prevalent thinking, supported by multi-national corporations, that claims obesity – and related diseases – are not the result of sugar but of high calorie intake.

She's also really concerned that by inviting Assad into a dick-measuring contest, we might start thinking of Assad's dick as equal to our own.