Sentence examples for 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.

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).

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

Greene, however, took possession of the record, finishing as runner-up in 1 16.22 – 0.23sec ahead of Osagie.

Despite finishing as runner-up in Britain's Got Talent in 2009, she has gone on to find worldwide success.

It also has reached the playoff all four seasons the playoff has existed, finishing as runner-up in 2016.

After competing in Formula BMW UK, the British Formula Three championship and Formula Three, Senna moved up to GP2 in 2007, finishing as runner-up in 2008.