Sentence examples for glory against from inspiring English sources

Vidal did not exactly cover himself in glory against Australia.

Now they pit salvation against damnation, national glory against famines, locusts, boils and immigrant hordes.

Of course, Arnason had every intention of carrying through to glory against the old man with 14 N/2-B3.

Eventually Wigan did get relegated but not before Martínez had led them to FA Cup final glory against Manchester City.

After reinforcing Scipio's army, consul Tiberius Sempronius Longus had hoped to engage Hannibal, thinking that he could win glory against the Carthaginian general.

His last game for a foreign club was a Champions League final, where his intervention as a substitute brought Barcelona glory against Arsenal.

Spurred on by Wimbledon's past glories against Liverpool, the current version, led by Bennett, will look to become another set of History Boys.

The Northern California stop is moving to Rio de Janeiro next year after an illustrious run that predated the arrival of pro tennis and included finals featuring Don Budge against Fred Perry, Rod Laver against Ken Rosewall and, in 1998 in its last blaze of glory, Andre Agassi against Pete Sampras.

2015 seems to be all about consolation, with Selma's Glory up against The Lego Movie's Everything Is Awesome.

The Stuart Surridge award for team of the season Surrey, for their unrelenting brilliance and the determination to play cricket in the right way – undefeated all summer till the death or glory battle against Essex.

For Ramsay MacDonald, the British prime minister who by then headed a cross-party government, the event brought chagrin rather than glory.Set against that dismal precedent, the Group of 20 (G20) summit on April 2nd could hardly fail to do better.