Sentence examples for lead proved from inspiring English sources

But the lead proved shortlived.

The lead proved to be short-lived, however.

Yet in the end, her polling lead proved illusory.

It could be as soft as his Iowa lead proved to be tonight.

That lead proved somewhat illusory, because of an incorrect call that gave the Knicks 2 extra points on free throws.

But the American team's 4-point lead proved too much to overcome thanks in part to Jim Furyk, who became the fourth players to earn all five points.

The race had opened well for the German marque with the No14 claiming their first pole in the WEC and that translated into a lead, proving the 919 Hybrid, also running in low-downforce Le Mans spec, to have encouraging pace on only its second competitive outing.

The fabulous, female, fortysomething leads prove smashing as they struggle with domestic devotion versus downright deviousness, the impressive supporting cast topped off with Suleka Mathew (Da Vinci's Inquest) as an enabling friend, and Max Ryan (Death Race) as the tempted husband.

Laser-assisted lead extraction proved to be a useful technique to extract leads that could not be removed by manual traction.

But having Chastain and Isaac -- himself a key part of "Star Wars: Episode VII" -- in the lead roles proved beneficial for Chandor in more ways than just the pair's growing name recognition.

It gave the Dodgers a 5-3 leandand proved to be the difference.