Sentence examples for he once ranked from inspiring English sources

He once ranked 17th in the world.

He once ranked high on the list of John McCain's potential running mates, and four years later, being passed over for Sarah Palin may work in Mr. Pawlenty's favor.

He was once ranked in the Top 10, but has dropped to No. 35, while Troicki is No. 47.

Although he was once ranked No. 1 in the world and won the 2000 United States Open in rare style, Safin has been waiting for nearly two years to get back to the Round of 16 at a Grand Slam event.

He heard Shaquille O'Neal once ranked it among his favorite movies.

In the first round he defeated Marcos Ondruska, once ranked 26th, in straight sets.

The Dodgers will pay Greinke $147 million for the next six years, even though he has only once ranked among his league's top five in innings or earned run average.

In the Brazil Open he beat David Nalbandián, who was once ranked the world's top third-best player, and in Acapulco, Mexico he crushed the fourth-ranked David Ferrer 6-0, 6-2.

Now in jail, he was president from 1990 to 2000 and was once ranked sixth on anti-graft group Transparency International's all-time list of crooked politicians, based on the $6 billion dollars that vanished from state coffers on his watch.

He delivered them in the same booming baritone that once ranked among the most notorious in music.

But he and Jamie, a two-time grand slam winner once ranked first in the world in doubles, crashed out in the first round.