Sentence examples for got a collective from inspiring English sources

Detroit used a right-field platoon in the World Series and got a collective.235 average and 13 home runs from its right fielders last season.

The National Conference of Editorial Writers met in Dallas in late September and got a collective case of heartburn when Mr. Perry addressed them without sticking around for the customary question-and-answer session.

An ad featuring the overly endowed, blond "Swedish bikini team" in a 1991 commercial got a collective eye roll from the Forbes judges.

After a collective pay cut in 2009, chief executives of the 500 biggest companies in the U.S. (as measured by a composite ranking of sales, profits, assets and market value) got a collective pay raise of 12% last year.

In 2011 the chief executives of the 500 biggest companies in the U.S. (as measured by a composite ranking of sales, profits, assets and market value) got a collective pay raise of 16% last year, to $5.2 billion.

The Warriors got a collective effort from everyone; especially Draymond Green who played with five fouls and avoiding a 6th to help his team get the victory.

"There's no higher priority than getting a collective bargaining agreement," Goodell said.

"It's almost impossible to get a collective decision out commissioners," he admitted.

"It looks as if the left-of-centre parties won't get a collective majority," Aylott agrees.

What does it mean for a full division of infantry to get a "collective bloody nose," or a brigade to have its flank "slapped".

"We wanted to get a collective game view rather than just a referee view as to where to draw the line," Riley said.