Sentence examples for length ahead from inspiring English sources

Phelps was nearly a body length ahead.

Drosselmeyer was crossing the wire three-quarters of a length ahead of Fly Down.

At eleven o'clock the four boats got away, the White Heather leading, half a length ahead.

She crossed the finish line a length ahead of Mine That Bird.

Armstrong crossed the line a half a bicycle length ahead, a smile on his face and his arms spread wide.

When the Italians crossed the line a boat length ahead of Le Défi, Onorato said his teammates cried.

Perfect Drift was second, three-quarters of a length ahead of Total Impact in the eight-horse field.

Italy crossed the line in 6 minutes 2.01 seconds, a length ahead of New Zealand, which barely held off Australia.

Devotion was half a length ahead in second, for which she is 1lb worse off this time.

"Once we'd got out to nearly a length ahead and were still moving away we were pretty confident.

Still-photo imagery showed that he won by half a wheel's length ahead of the Slovakian rider Peter Sagan.