Sentence examples for edge of contention from inspiring English sources
Bowyer, who was on the edge of contention for the Cup title, was knocked out of the race.
I was on the edge of contention".
The Giants are 6-4, hanging on the edge of playoff contention, and their most immediate concern is the Houston Texans (2-8), their opponent Sunday.
When Stade Saputo opened after refurbishment last season, the Impact followed up a 4-1 victoverover Seattle with a 4-2 victoverover the Dynamo to spark a decent run to the edge of playoff contention.
Meanwhile in the S7 50m freestyle, Susannah Rodgers was edged out of contention and into that wince-inducing Olympic and Paralympic netherworld of fourth.
He took a pass from Shawn Bates and calmly shoveled the puck under Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur's white pads early in the third period to put the Islanders, a team on the edge of being eliminated from playoff contention, back in the game at 1-1.
There was also a moment of contention when Darren Bent went down easily following a brush with Danny Batth on the edge of the box but, although referee Keith Stroud gave a free-kick, he chose not to punish the Wolves player.
While the Mets dance on the razor-thin edge of a pennant race, the Yankees, 3,000 miles from home, are out of sight and all but out of contention.
MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank — From the deck of a new cafe at the edge of this sprawling Jewish settlement, customers gaze out at a large patch of desert that is the latest point of contention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
