Sentence examples for encouraging draw from inspiring English sources

The pluses from an encouraging draw against Croatia in March have been lost to the lame end-of-season defeat to the Czech Republic in Prague and, worse, last month's sterile goalless draw at home to Northern Ireland.

This had been heading towards an encouraging draw for Roberto Di Matteo's new side in South Yorkshire, in their first game out of the English top flight since 1988, yet Fernando Forestieri curtailed the hope and optimism surrounding their new dawn that had filled the air before kick-off.

Ludogorets, two points off the leaders Levski Sofia with a game in hand in the Bulgarian top flight, secured an encouraging draw at Basel and took the lead at home to Paris Saint-Germain in Sofia last month only to succumb 3-1.

Villa, for their part, had finally tasted a home Premier League win yet Garde made nine changes from Saturday's encouraging draw with Leicester – including a recall for goalkeeper Brad Guzan and a full debut for 19-year-old Australian midfielder Jordan Lyden – and for 45 minutes, the Premier League's bottom team looked no better than a side that started the night sixth in League Two.

Blackburn, with Kean still in post, travel to Wolves on Saturday to meet a team that has managed an encouraging draw and a demoralising 5-0 drubbing in the two games since Connor was appointed to replace the sacked Mick McCarthy.

He said that another advantage to his idea, in addition to encouraging drawing, would be that there were no winners or losers.

The majority left choked in anticlimax, those encouraging draws against Atlético buried beneath another avalanche of Chelsea goals, and grumbling at the perceived eccentricities of the referee, Manuel de Sousa.

The Isis militant group has claimed responsibility for the shooting at an event encouraging drawing of the Prophet Mohamed in Texas, in what would be its first attack on US soil.

Lined pages make writing easy, and empty ones encourage drawing.

Eco-friendly (corrugated cardboard is reusable and recyclable), not to mention crayon-friendly (you can actually encourage drawing on the furniture), it's just the kind of conversation starter your child needs for her next play date.

Conservative speaker Evan Sayet chose to joke on Twitter about the shooting at an event encouraging the drawing of the Prophet Mohamed.