Sentence examples for leading best from inspiring English sources

WHY might "Zero Dark Thirty" have "fizzled" after having been considered "a leading best picture contender"?

It was the only award for "Zero Dark Thirty," which was once a leading best picture contender but fizzled under intense criticism for its depiction of the role of torture in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Three of the plaintiffs -- Scott H. Adams, William G. Nesbitt and Steven J. Umberger, all leading Best shareholders -- paid a total of $10 million to KPMG, Brown & Wood and Presidio in late 1998 for the offshore portfolio shelter.

So that's why the leading best picture contenders might not win.

David Armitage was the leading best-on-ground contender, tallying a game-high 17 tackles, seven clearances and 28 disposals.

Lena and "Girls" had been nominated for four of the comedy-series awards — best writer, best leading actress, best director, and best series — and she wanted her family to be there.

John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt, a Parable" won as best play, and the production's Cherry Jones and Adriane Lenox won as best leading actress and best featured actress.

The one with the best bait leading to the best trap that leads to the least violent checkmate is the one the crowd and the viola sings for.

A dead end, leading, at best, to brave failure and, at worst, ignominious farce.

Randall, a senior and one of the Lady Vols' leading scorers, best defenders and an emotional leader, was suspended for an unspecified violation of team rules.

"I have had the privilege, thanks to Mayor Giuliani, of leading the best men and women in law enforcement in the world," he said.