Sentence examples for holder of the highest from inspiring English sources

Lindy Burch, then the only woman on the board and the holder of the highest score ever in competition, spoke up.

Before play, the maker names any suit trump, and the holder of the highest card of it becomes a silent partner, revealing this fact only by the play.

But Hays, city marshal from 1798 and holder of the highest office, high constable, from 1802 until at least 1844, was an admired figure in an earlier, less hectic New York City.

Not for the first time Lara, already the world record holder of the highest Test score of 400, came to his side's aid with them struggling at 53 for three.

Mr. Carnegie said: "We are the greatest of all pension-paying nations, and yet we exclude the holder of the highest position on earth, exercising the greatest powers, and one seldom if ever occupied by men of independent means".

Laura is Britain's most prolific female Olympian with four in London and Rio, while her husband Jason, whose first Games was Beijing, has managed six; together with fellow cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, he is the joint holder of the highest number of British gold medals.

The current record holder for the highest sale of a domain is Sex.com, which sold for $13 million in April.

They were joint holders of the high-jump record," Mr. Bradlee replied in an interview for this article in 2000.

Critics, however, believe that a multi-class capital structure entrenches the holders of the high-vote stock, insulating them from takeover attempts and the will of the public stockholders, and that the mismatch between voting power and economic interest may increase the possibility that the holders of the high-vote stock will pursue a riskier business strategy.

Use of a multi-class capital structure enables the holders of the high-vote class of common stock to retain voting control over the company, even while selling a large number of shares of stock to the public.

Pinterest has a seven-year time limit, but it only kicks in if the holders of the high-voting shares own less than half the shares they had just before I.P.O.