Sentence examples for drawing was held from inspiring English sources

The second drawing was held on Monday, July 13 , 1863 ten days after the Union victory at Gettysburg.

A subsequent drawing was held with the 26 letters of the alphabet, to determine the order in which the men born on the same day would be called.

A drawing was held for three cash prizes to encourage participation.

Because the recruitment process resulted in an over-enrollment of interested beer hall patrons, names were entered into a lottery and a public drawing was held at each beer hall as part of an HIV awareness event.

The lowest-ranked side, Westfields of the Midland League Premier Division, will host the National League North side Curzon Ashton, who defeated York City in a replay after the draw was held.

The draw was held Saturday morning in Johannesburg in conjunction with the draw for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, which will be played in South Africa a year before it hosts the 2010 World Cup.

The compliments galloped out of trainers' mouths this morning like young horses turned out to pasture as the post-position draw was held for the Grade I, $750,000 Whitney Handicap on Saturday.

At the signing event, a draw was held in which the Freedom Front Plus won the right to appear at the top of the ballot paper.

To decide who took their place, a "lucky losers" draw was held from the 20 teams knocked out in the second round; Darlington were selected, and lost their third-round tie 2 1 to Aston Villa at Villa Park.

Prior to the creation of the running order for the final, an allocation draw was held during the semi-final winners press conferences following the conclusion of each semi-final and during the individual press conferences on 6 May 2014 for the Big Five (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom).

As an incentive to complete the survey a prize draw was held where respondents would have the opportunity to win an iPad mini.