Sentence examples for fell slightly behind from inspiring English sources

She fell slightly behind at one point, but at turn after turn, she kept hitting the wall first.

In New York City's heated tabloid war, The New York Post fell slightly behind The Daily News in weekday circulation, as both papers posted significant declines, dropping below 700,000.

In New York City's tabloid war, The New York Post fell slightly behind The Daily News in weekday circulation, 667,000 to 681,000, and The News continued to lead in Sunday sales by a wide margin.

Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska fell slightly behind his Democratic rival, Mark Begich, on Wednesday, as ballot counting continued in one of the nation's most closely fought Senate races.

DPS fell slightly behind Fresno, Calif., Cleveland and Milwaukee, Wis., in fourth-grade reading.

Halfway through spring practice, Mustain appears to have fallen slightly behind.

White children whose parents were in the top 20% in the late 1960s have also fallen slightly behind their parents.

The holiday weekend was the sixth biggest Thanksgiving at the box office, according to comScore, falling slightly behind most recent years.

#Roementum — MICAH COHEN Although Ron Paul has fallen slightly behind Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney in the vote-counting, he still has a chance of winning — in part because some of his strongest areas, college towns, have been slow to report results.

Dalpiaz, who set a meet record in the mile last weekend in the Hispanic Games, set the pace yesterday for most of the race before falling slightly behind Andy Wigton of Greece Athena, N.Y., with 300 meters remaining.

In this version, the Toledo falls slightly behind the competition in the spec-sheet wars by offering only a five-speed manual gearbox rather than the now more common six-speeder, but in real-world conditions, the extra gear is rarely missed.