Sentence examples for decisive swing from inspiring English sources

O'Connor quickly became known for her pragmatism and was considered, with Justice Anthony Kennedy, a decisive swing vote in the Supreme Court's decisions.

Those counties, which went strongly for John McCain in 2008, are considered decisive swing counties, Ms. Parry said.

We decided to play it, we won and we are told that was a decisive swing factor.

Only you, unencumbered by the baggage of the impeachment trauma, could compete with McCain for the decisive swing vote.

The mayor also attacked Terri Thomson, the school board member from Queens who provided the decisive swing vote.

Mr. Musk is a firm believer in a decisive swing toward electric cars, and would like to enter a wider market in 2012 with a cheaper electric car.

He projected the qualities of leadership that are decisive for swing voters.

Keep in mind that one of the decisive Supreme Court swing votes in the "Citizen's United' case was cast by the infamous Justice Clarence Thomas, former General Counsel for Monsanto.

But in a following match between Australia and England, Anderson produced a decisive spell of swing bowling.

He and Mr. Obama are both competing for support among Latino voters, a constituency that could be decisive in important swing states like Colorado, Nevada, Florida and Virginia.

This transformation haunted the party for the next 20 years, as decisive proportions of swing voters abandoned Democrats as out of the political mainstream.