Sentence examples for draft as an from inspiring English sources

In 1953, Brown was chosen by the Giants in the 27th round of the National Football League draft as an obscure 6-foot-3, 225-pound player from Morgan State in Baltimore.

The activist group Rock the Vote, which seeks to register young Americans to vote, has also broadcast public service announcements pointing to the draft as an important campaign issue.

The Brexiteers didn't have much of an answer; instead, they used the draft as an opening to engage in one of their favored activities: railing against the supposed rottenness of the E.U.

Today, in the age of the all-volunteer military, some prefer the logic of officials like Representative Charles B. Rangel, the Manhattan Democrat who has proposed restoring the draft as an antiwar tactic.

American diplomats said they viewed this and other language in the Security Council resolution, which they helped draft, as an endorsement of any action the United States may eventually take.

Alan Zinter was the first-round draft pick of the Mets -- the 24th pick over all -- in the 1989 draft as an all-American at the University of Arizona.

A sample of volunteers from the postal survey completed the draft AS-WIS a second time.

Miller thought of that murky first draft as a "probe"; he entitled it "An Italian Tragedy" and put it away.

Some antiwar and pacifist leaders regarded the draft as a violation of the Thirteenth Amendment.

Some have argued for the draft as a cost-cutting measure.

But DuPuy also cited last June's amateur draft as a promising sign.