Sentence examples for great encounters from inspiring English sources

Domestically, however, the great encounters with London's two major clubs cannot be postponed.

This served up many great encounters, but probably the finest came in the 1999 FA Cup semi-final, won eventually by United but was 120 minutes of brilliant, barely contained chaos and excitement.

The arguments continue to rage, even today, and no discussion between players of either nation is complete without some mention of what the New Zealanders call "the disallowed try". The Welsh victory deprived the All Blacks of a clean sweep on their 1905 tour but, more importantly, it was the first of many great encounters between two of the proudest rugby playing nations in the world.

The 20-minute session seemed to swim with possibilities for great encounters and one-liners from innocent minds.

When Alexander the Great encountered it in 325 BC, he thought he was nearing the edge of the world.

But when I was headed to Burlington, Vt., I had a great encounter with a fellow passenger.

"Much of the great encounter between the two separate halves of the world," he observes, "was less a meeting of Europe and America than of Africans and Indians".

The Usos vs The Wyatt Family turned out to be a great encounter, with near falls and a genuine chance of either team taking the Tag titles.

The park marks the site of the last great encounter (1870) between the Cree and the Blackfoot Indians prior to a peace treaty (1871).

At the end, Wozniacki, 10 years Schiavone's junior and riding high, killed the fairytale, and it was only a great encounter because of the loser's commitment.

The Democratic sound-money and "slush-money" forces will have their first great encounter to-morrow, soon after the National Convention shall have been called to order by Chairman Harrity.