Sentence examples for crowd favored from inspiring English sources

The cavernous Alamodome, 80 short miles from the Texas campus in Austin, glowed like a hearth as all but a sliver of the crowd favored the burnt orange of the Longhorns.

On Wednesday, the day crowd favored the underdog Younes el-Aynaoui, the so-called Rockin' Moroccan, who speaks five languages and plays with heart as well as head, over Hewitt, who is not popular in these parts.

Classical music buffs were also inclined toward intellectual fare, such as current-affairs magazines, whereas the rap/pop crowd favored magazines about cars, women, or celebrities.

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I have a feeling that today's showoff dishes that call for caviar or truffles shortly will go the way of endored peacocks, along with holier-than-thou dishes featuring tofu and brown rice that the ecologically correct crowd favors but that taste just plain bad.

But here are some interesting side notes from Conde Nast Traveler: New England turned out to be the destination of choice for people in their 20s, while the 30- to 50-year-old crowd favor the Rocky Mountains, and 50-plus travelers favor Alaska.

The crowd narrowly favored the Raptors, with Bargnani and Calderon in particular receiving raucous welcomes.

The crowd, which favored Barrera, began booing in the fourth round.

There was not a jacket, a tie or a pair of Italian shoes in a crowd that favored T-shirts, sweatshirts and sneakers.

Before the match, Newcombe predicted that Edmondson would be nervous, and the comment inspired Edmondson, who overcame ferocious winds, bouts of gamesmanship and a crowd that favored Newcombe by winning, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6, 6-1.

Until now, golf-based videogames have been skewed towards an older, wealthier crowd who favored slower-paced, more realistic games.