Sentence examples similar to finished as runner up from inspiring English sources

ABC finished as runner-up for the night with a two-hour "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (9.4 million), but a rerun of "Desperate Housewives" drew just 4.7 million viewers.

The school finished as runner-up to St. Michael's Catholic Academy (88 points) in the state championships even though St. Pius' 4 × 200 metres relay team, which was a favorite, had been disqualified in earlier competition.

The pact held in 1949 with Coppi winning Bartali finishing as runner-up.

Florida State, which opens the first round Friday against Stetson, finished as runner-up in 1970, '86 and '99.

Katharine McPhee (as the starlet), is herself a reality TV casualty and finished as runner-up on the fifth series of American Idol.

But he also finished as runner-up in 2007, tied for fourth in 2002 and shot 65 in the final round a year ago to tie for 12th.

CBS finished as runner-up for the night, garnering its best ratings with the procedurals "Criminal Minds" (12.2 million) and "CSI: NY" (10.2 million).

Cruyff's generation, which played "total football," finished as runner-up at the 1974 World Cup, then came in second again in 1978.

Golkar also finished as runner-up in the 2014 polls, that time to PDI-P, although it decided to join the opposition majority coalition in the parliament.

Phil Mickelson was the people's choice in 2002, when he had not yet won a major championship and finished as runner-up to Tiger Woods.

Stenson has now finished as runner-up eight times since his last win, at the DP World Tour Championship in late 2014.