Sentence examples for contested play from inspiring English sources

After nearly a month of fiercely contested play, the World Chess Championship is being decided in a series of fast-paced tie-breakers.

Comparing that psychological signature with the contested play, also known as Distressed Lovers, reveals Shakespeare as the likely author, scientists say.

The Raptors have won just a game more but sit three spots ahead of them in a tightly contested play-off race, the first time in years where the East has been comparable, and even superior, to the West.

Picture the scene: after a compelling regular season and a keenly contested play-off series, one game to decide the destination of English soccer's biggest prize the Premier League Cup.

"We had two touchdown passes on contested plays," Rivers said.

And in another decisive contest, Bubba Watson and Louis Oosthuizen - who contested a play-off for the 2012 Masters - were all square after 16.

"I wish next week started tomorrow after playing 10 holes like that". Had Warren holed the birdie putt, he and Grace would have contested a play-off to decide the winner.

The game was one of the most stubbornly contested ever played in international polo.

It was an incredibly tense and hotly contested affair, played in the rain on a badly deteriorating pitch.

For the most part though, it was an evenly contested game played at times with the feel of the pre-season encounter that it was.

For the third consecutive year the NFL's showpiece game was both keenly contested and played at the highest of levels, but the new decade brings nothing but uncertainty.