Sentence examples for contest was marked from inspiring English sources

The scattered scuffles throughout the debate notwithstanding, the contest was marked mostly by its deliberate pace and general agreement among the candidates on many economic issues.

Before 2000, the previous four presidential contests were marked by economic or political instability, or both.

His reign was marked by three historically significant contests.

Adelson's impact on the 2012 Republican contest will be marked, even if his current preferred candidate -- Gingrich -- fails to secure the nomination.

As election experts denounced Kemp's last-minute charge that Democrats hacked the election system, it was already clear that whatever the result, the contest was going to be marked by scandal and Kemp, the person in charge of overseeing it, stood to benefit.

Lord Justice Leveson describes it as "rather self-congratulatory". Lord Black contests that there has been "marked improvements" in press standards over the years.

The first years of the republic were marked by a continuing contest between Yuan and the former revolutionaries over where ultimate power should lie.

The contest was a friendly, marking the opening of the new national stadium of Sweden — and Ibra, the son of a Bosnian father and a Croatian mother who had settled near Malmo before he was born, was clearly intent on leaving his mark on a historic occasion.

We'll, alas, be hard at work — but we're marking the event in this week's contest.

I really didn't hit my stride until the six and half minute mark when the contest was over.

The event marked the first time a regular-season contest was played outdoors in the United States.