Sentence examples for cross winner from inspiring English sources

(Middle grade; ages 8 to 18) Cross, winner of the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children's books, dives right into Odysseus' tale with a brief description of how the "cleverest of all the kings of ancient Greece" was called to war but was desperate to get home by Chapter 2. Cross makes the story lively and accessible, though children who haven't brushed up on their Rick Riordan may need guidance.

A sculptor who designed a statue of John Lennon for Liverpool Airport is to create a monument to honour Reading's only Victoria Cross winner.

Bob Samson, a relative of WW1 Victoria Cross winner George Samson, was one of many Scots who took part in ceremonies.

He was posted to 22nd Battalion, commanded by a Victoria Cross winner of the First World War, Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Andrew.

Gurkha Victoria Cross winners Tul Bahadur Pun and Lachiman Gurung led the procession via the Cenotaph.

McBeath is the youngest of 74 Scottish Victoria Cross winners from WW1.

Read Alistair McEwen's research on all 74 Scottish Victoria Cross winners from the Great War (PDF).

The school's alumni include three Saints, twelve Beati, seven archbishops, seven Victoria Cross winners, a Peruvian president, a Bolivian president, a New Zealand prime minister, a signatory of the American Declaration of Independence and several writers, sportsmen, and politicians.

Steph Twell, the former world junior 1,500m champion and three-time European junior cross country winner, finished the women's race in second just behind winner, Coventry's Katrina Wootton.

Federer's first time to approach to Nadal's forehand and get passed was in the first set at 3-1, where Nadal whipped a running forehand cross court winner on the opening point.

He raced from forecourt to net and back, then sideways to his forehand corner to rifle a cross court winner that Isner, crowding the net, could only watch pass in horror.