Sentence examples for held comfortable from inspiring English sources

So the Red Sox and the Braves, who held comfortable leads for playoff spots almost all summer, are out.

Mikhail and Natalie Paremski held comfortable positions within the Soviet system: Mikhail with the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Agency; Natalie with the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.

Her Peronist party holds comfortable majorities in both houses.

Gregor holds comfortable Soviet status, while Roman can barely hold things together.

There were few upsets in the State Senate and House, where Republicans still hold comfortable majorities.

They hold comfortable majorities in both houses of Congress and 14 of 24 provincial governorships (another is held by a personal ally of the president).

Despite holding comfortable majorities in both houses, her block in Congress had to establish a costly scheme of payments for small farmers to win a close vote in the lower house.

The length has to be adjustable and the hand holds comfortable.

But they both hold comfortable leads over their rivals: Rubio is up by 6 points and McCain is up by 9 points.

At the half, the fans were giddy as the Rockets held a comfortable 59-45 lead.

For much of the early going, Mr. Allard held a comfortable lead in statewide polls.