Sentence examples for entered a contest from inspiring English sources

Competitive eaters were usually local people who entered a contest on a dare.

Instead, she and her husband have entered a contest to win the car and have put off buying anything.

To get tickets this time she and a friend entered a contest organized by Volkswagen, a sponsor.

And some 40percentt entered a contest sponsored by Kay Jewelers, said Maggie Wilderotter, the company's chief executive.

For more than a decade, I've entered a contest run by a friend of a friend in my hometown of Philadelphia.

In 1925 she entered a contest with 300 competitors and won first prize, a recital at Lewisohn Stadium in New York City with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

We are tempted to enter a contest.

Still, entering a contest seemed silly.

That day she was entering a contest to create a magazine in 24 hours.

Children visiting the fair at City College on Sunday can also enter a contest: a scavenger hunt.

By Donald Malcolm The New Yorker, March 4 , 1961P. 23 We are tempted to enter a contest.