Sentence examples for from a contender from inspiring English sources

By cancelling out these mistakes, Dalton has quietly been producing the type of numbers that are needed from a contender.

I look at the guy from a contender before I look at a guy from a noncontender".

Former US Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger, fifth at the Masters in 1998, talks us through Sunday at Augusta from a contender's point of view.

But the team seems far from becoming a contender, with one winning season since the 1994 strike.

That's a basic story line off pit road; every tire changer was once a ride away from becoming a contender.

Collins figured that the annual turnover of players in Division III was so great that Montclair was not far from being a contender.

Nicolas Borda, an attorney from Mexico City who specializes in energy law, said Pemex is some 20 years away from being a contender in deep waters.

New York Giants: Giants general manager Dave Gettleman can passionately defend his moves and his roster all he wants, but it won't change the fact that the Giants are a long way away from being a contender.

"[The Lakers are] a couple of draft picks and a couple of free agents away from being a contender again".

Instead, it served as an ugly reminder that regardless of location, this is a team still many moves away from becoming a contender.

The Angels are operating at MLB's winter meetings as if they are a pinch and a pluck away from being a contender next season.