Sentence examples for lead having from inspiring English sources

The Lions, while featuring the best wide receiver in the N.F.L. in Calvin Johnson and enough other weapons to keep things interesting, are 4-9 for a reason: they seem incapable of holding a lead, having lost after leading by 10 or more points in three consecutive games.

Sharapova will again attempt to serve out the first set with her lead having shrunk to 5-3.

Despite the preceding controversy, Chelsea deserved their lead, having shown persistence and drive after falling behind in somewhat slapstick circumstances.

Saracens were worth every point of their lead, having outsmarted their wooden, ageing opponents from the kick-off.

There was an inevitability that Ainslie would take the lead, having sailed a brilliant third section into the wind.

The Nets entered the fourth quarter with a tenuous 7-point lead, having let a 19-point lead dwindle.

Scott's lead had evaporated.

A 24-point lead had been blown.

By then, the United States' lead had ballooned.

In England, City's lead has dissolved.

In Iowa her lead has almost vanished.