Sentence examples for for won from inspiring English sources

They feel satisfied just knowing that the party they voted for won".

I was fortunate that every major club I played for won a trophy, and I scored the biggest one against my hometown team".

At first the North and South Korean economies matched each other won for won but, starting in the 1970s, autarky decayed into inefficiency.

The administration has said that South Korea holds enough dollars to repay all its loans from overseas, but has also urged companies and individuals to help the nation by exchanging their dollars for won.

A burglar in Seoul, the capital, has defended himself by noting that the rich people he robbed were selfishly hoarding dollars that they should have swapped for won to brake the currency's slide.All three candidates in the presidential election due on December 18th are playing up to this silliness.

Dr. Tisch has served on the Board of Regents since 1996 and became its chancellor in 2009, just as the state applied for, won and began to use the $700 million grant it was awarded as part of the federal Race to the Top competition.

Well, you vote "for" winning, I guess!

"He can't win for winning".

Famous for: Winning The X Factor.

Reasoning, they claim, is for winning arguments.

But he has reasons for winning another.