Sentence examples for height disadvantage from inspiring English sources

Could Mr. Daniels overcome the height disadvantage?

It gave him a distorted, slightly weird look, only accentuating his height disadvantage.

Houston stayed at his natural shooting guard spot while Sprewell moved to small forward, where he was frequently at a height disadvantage.

In essence, Hayes, who weighs 238 pounds and was an all-state football player at Modesto Christian High School in California, compensates for his height disadvantage by acting as a human barricade with a strong base.

In this paper, we analyze data for over 174,000 Indian and Sub-Saharan African children to show that Indian firstborns are taller than African firstborns; the Indian height disadvantage emerges with the second child and then increases with birth order.

Whether overcoming the loss of its star center, making a huge halftime deficit disappear or ignoring a pronounced height disadvantage to block a jump shot, the Knicks seem to morph into basketball's version of the little engine that could whenever necessary.

De Bruijn's defensive play against Powell--holding her to six points despite an 11-inch height disadvantage--was instrumental in El Dorado's final regular-season victory over Century to earn a share of the league title.

Further, we find evidence that height confers disadvantage rather than advantage as it increases hyperactive behavior (girls), emotional and peer problems (boys).

"I earned the right to be here, and I've waited for this opportunity," said Tua, who at 5 feet 10 inches will be at a severe height and reach disadvantage against Lewis, who is 6-5.

At 6 feet 4 inches, Bailey, who has run 10.05 in the 100, is in the mold of the 6-5 Bolt, who defied the conventional wisdom that height is a disadvantage for sprinters when he set his first 100 world record, 9.72, at the age of 21 two years ago at Randalls Island.

Her height was a disadvantage in the dating game.