Sentence examples for last stride from inspiring English sources

OUTLOOK -- Despite the retirement of Lothar Matthas and Thomas Dooley, this team, which went from worst to first in the division last season, is collectively better and should take the last stride that prevented it from playing in the championship game last season.

"We don't want to be another good team that couldn't take that last stride towards a major championship," Coleman said.

And until the very last stride, it appeared that Taylor, too, would not find fulfillment in the 400 hurdles.

Hunt was crowded out in the last stride as he met a cross from the left, but after 75 minutes he had a hand in England's second goal.

Shinjo raced back and slightly toward left-center, putting his back to the plate and looking over his head for the last stride.

Out of luck at Longchamp yesterday when Rio De La Plata was mugged in the last stride of the Prix Daniel Wildenstein by Rajsaman, Dettori is in search of his 500th Group winner, another extraordinary achievement.

Greene fought with passionate defiance in those last strides but it was a desperate cause and it seemed he brought that knowledge on the track last night.

Davis at last strode into the room a man in a hurry.

Neither jockey knew who won. "His horse was pulling up in the last strides and our horse surged," Stevens said.

Richard Hannon's colt locked horns with Dick Whittington in the closing stages but could not respond as the son of Rip Van Winkle found a final effort in the last strides.

"Daryl also put down his whip about 50 yards from the line and just pushed his horse past Sunnyhilboy in the last strides and won on the nod.