Sentence examples for finish rather from inspiring English sources

"At times it felt like we were wishing the game to finish rather than going out and going after it," said Lions flyhalf Jonathan Sexton.

This can be minimized if you will use a penetrating-type floor finish, rather than a hard-drying surface coating such as polyurethane.

His mother and father may have been ambitious up-from-nothing parents, but it's where you finish, rather than where you start, that matters.

The matte ivory shade is ideal for highlighting under the brow bone, and it gives a more modern finish rather than a pearly or metallic shade.

After nearly crashing on her second jump, she decides to ski to the finish rather than attempt the final jump and scores just 35.40.

For the first 10 days or so he was going really well but by the end he was on his knees and it became a case of him just trying to get to the finish rather than winning.

Zinczenko wore a dark suit and was impeccably groomed, and, like Abrams, looked well finished rather than finished-finished.

Nissan, usually so fond of interior gimmickry, plays this one mercifully straight, with a sensible touch screen and clear attention to fit-and-finish rather than ephemeral design trends.

He finished: "Rather than always be turning around to see where you're going".

However the ambassador painted a picture of a job close to finished, rather than just having begun with tentative steps.

Television actors: have you been type-cast in a hit series that finished rather too long ago?