Sentence examples for had recently won from inspiring English sources

Lima had recently won the group's literary prize.

He had recently won the first tournament he ever entered.

He had recently won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

He had recently won reëlection to the Senate and was considering a run for the Presidency.

In Munich Richard Dunn, who had recently won the European title, was out of his depth.

There was something stunted and foreshortened about a country that had recently won its greatest war.

He had recently won the state franchise for a major Venezuelan mobile-telephone network.

Ruslan liked math and had recently won a school prize in the subject.

He beat the 17-year-old Bjorn Fratangelo, who had recently won the French Open boys title, in the final.

When she turned 21, women had recently won the right to vote, and Calvin Coolidge was president.

Chavez said he doubted that a team that had recently won three World Series, as that Yankees club had, needed his remarks "for motivation in a Game 5".