Sentence examples for draft to run from inspiring English sources

"This is not a draft to run track, it's a draft to play football," Suggs said.

Here was how Republican he was: in the early '90s, he was drafted to run for lieutenant governor of our state on the Republican ticket.

George Wolfe was drafted to run the Public immediately after the début of "Angels" and the critical and commercial success of "Jelly's Last Jam" — which he wrote as well as directed.

Her name recognition and fundraising connections alone put her at an advantage so steep that other nationally known Democrats, even those being drafted to run by supporters such as Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, declined to challenge her.

Dwight Eisenhower led the Allied forces to victory in 1945 and then became president of Columbia University on Manhattan's Upper West Side (though some say that this was a mistake, and that the illustrissimi of the university had meant to dial up his brother Milton instead); after going on sabbatical, he was drafted to run for the White House, but New Yorkers voted for Adlai Stevenson of Illinois.

So the question arises: Is there any Democrat substantial enough and respected enough to be drafted to run against Clinton?

Daniels was drafted to run by a group of citizens who were unhappy with Vitter's leadership.

The election was a critical event in both candidate's political careers, with Warren becoming a political icon after entering the Senate, and being drafted to run for President in 2016.

The "Draft Biden" group was formed (unsurprisingly) to draft Joe Biden to run for the presidency.

Democrats in Georgia are trying to draft Yates to run for governor next year.

This has endeared him to conservative pundits, some of whom have hinted they would like to draft him to run.