Sentence examples for decent starts from inspiring English sources

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He made two decent starts after returning, then failed to last the first inning against Baltimore last Wednesday.

What frustrated him was that he'd had so many decent starts at Wimbledon and never made the most of them.

More worrisome for the Mets than just one bad inning is Parnell's inability to string two decent starts together.

I've liked the look of Carberry this series, he's made a lot of decent starts without really going on to a big one yet.

After their 6-2 victory behind Al Leiter on opening day, they wasted decent starts by Steve Trachsel and Shawn Estes, losing by 5-3 on Wednesday and by 3-2 yesterdespitepite homers by Joe McEwing and Jeromy Burnitz.

It was the Lions batting that was the biggest disappointment as the openers James Vince and Alex Hales both failed to capitalise on decent starts, and Ravi Bopara, James Taylor and Jason Roy all fell for single-figure scores.

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In context, it's a decent enough start.

She has made a surprisingly decent start.

They might just have another decent start.

"But 4-1 is a decent start, a decent foundation".

That is a decent start, but may be too indiscriminate.

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