Sentence examples for lackluster competition from inspiring English sources

Whether it was Ward or the lackluster competition, the Knicks started quickly.

The ruling party, United Russia, lost 77 seats in the Dec. 4 elections despite lackluster competition, and domestic and international observers say that even that result was inflated by fraud.

Owing to lackluster competition, the complete failure of a film aimed at the same demographic, and the high ticket prices associated with 3D and IMAX theaters, Shrek Forever After once again took the top spot over the weekend.

Like many pharmaceutical companies, Takeda and Nycomed face lackluster development pipelines and increased competition from generic drug makers.

Still, the lackluster sales also reflect increasing competition for video game companies from new players that are redefining the industry.

New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who seemed to be Manning's primary competition until a lackluster performance in a late-season loss to Dallas, received seven and a half votes.

The industry has suffered lackluster earnings and growing international competition, leading regulators to push for carriers to invest in new high-speed data networks that would stand toe-to-toe with those in the United States and South Korea.

Mr. Müller's principal gamble this year has been to put so many Italian films in the core programs — 22 of them, four in competition — considering the lackluster quality of many domestic productions screened at Venice in recent years, a glowing exception being Emanuele Crialese's "Mondonuovo" (The Golden Door), which was unlucky not to bag the Golden Lion in 2006.

He attributes BJ's "lackluster" fourth-quarter turnout to competition in the fresh food department and weak sales in discretionary merchandise.

Over the past decade, KPCB faced a number of things that chipped away at its dominance — lackluster investments in green tech, competition from upstart firms and increasingly powerful angel investors, and the damage to its reputation from the ongoing salacious legal case, to name a few.

After opening at $24, the company's lackluster user growth numbers and ruthless competition from Facebook has left the company trading below $11 currently.