Sentence examples for generous opponent from inspiring English sources

He described, painstakingly, and for the dozenth time since the night's contest, the procedure by which he had implemented history — a right uppercut under the heart and a solid left hook that had induced his generous opponent to seize the ropes.

For his part, Ponting, a most generous opponent in defeat, will be remembered not just as a master batsman but as the second Australian captain after Billy Murdoch to lose the Ashes twice in this country and the first for more than a hundred years.

Yet City were terribly vulnerable in defence and generous opponents for Hazard, in particular.

All that can be said with certainty is that his team were generous opponents for a team with Newcastle's needs.

Before the superlatives start to flow, perhaps it should be taken into account that Steaua Bucharest were generous opponents for a team with a new manager to impress.

Rangers are far from generous opponents when ahead in any game but the SPL leaders failed to put the tie out of St Johnstone's reach 20 minutes from time.

That is the nature of the game but the Kiwis, generous opponents and a likeable bunch, who hung around at the post-match ceremonials with the forlorn look of losers, can take comfort in the fact that they outplayed England for much of the final Test and overall in the series: Brendon McCullum has rather more than just a plucky side playing out of their socks.

It is never a bad idea to be generous to opponents in victory or defeat.

And he was generous to his opponent, Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, the man who prides himself in holding the line, year after year, against what he sees as utterly misguided efforts to overhaul the campaign finance laws.

But not even the most generous spirited of opponents wants the currency's success to persuade Britons to swing behind the euro.

United's confidence has been so brittle at times this season that Sparta could reflect with some anguish that the officials were so generous to their opponents.