Sentence examples for earned possession from inspiring English sources

After Rivers called a timeout, the teams traded misses and the Magic earned possession on a jump ball.

That earned possession in another attacking position, and a series of quality passes by Jon Clarke, Westwood and, inevitably, Briers allowed King to bring Hicks inside from the right wing for a clinical finish.

Once the official blows the whistle to start play, the face-off midfielders scrap for the ball to earn possession and the other midfielders advance to play the ball.

Roger Kornberg, a structural biologist at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, earned sole possession of the $1.37 million award for his decades of effort that culminated in 2001, when he reported the first molecular snapshot of an enzyme called RNA polymerase II (pol II) in action (Science, 20 April 2001, p. 411).

But to understand Thibodeau is to teleport to a points-barren landscape where baskets are earned and possessions are methodical.

But about that bad news: "feeling" doesn't quite earn its possession of this found object, whose strangeness lies outside the play's fairly routine understanding of itself.

As the game progressed, Bordeaux grew in confidence, earning more possession and territory, and they deservedly drew level when Bernard fired over an excellent long-range effort.

Whichever team wins this contest, earns first possession of the ball.

In halting the publication of this book, the publisher silenced the story of George Washington's enslaved chef, Hercules, a remarkable man whose talent and self-possession earned him unusual status in his own time.

The goal was fitting reward for Wanyama, whose fine midfield play had earned Celtic rare possession in the opponents' last third.

Extra possessions earned by face-off specialist Danny Brennan, including both opportunities in the overtime periods and 70% total for the game, helped the Orange stage the comeback.