Sentence examples for losing stretch from inspiring English sources

Frustration has become a common theme for Hopkins during the losing stretch.

in their most recent losing stretch, eight of their 12 losses were by one run and two were by two runs.

"When we were going through that losing stretch, something would go wrong in a game and a lot of the guys would go, 'Uh-oh,' " Leaman said.

"We did have a losing stretch, but we had a break, time off to recharge our batteries and rethink everything to try and get out of that vibe," said Thomas, who missed the regular-season finale with three cracked ribs.

"I hadn't won a game for 40 to 45 minutes which doesn't happen too often," Murray said of his eight-game losing stretch until he turned it around in the third.

For Federer, a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Roddick was his second straight win after he ended a two-match losing streak, his first such losing stretch in four and a half years.

Even Mr. Buffett says repeatedly that he will have losing years and losing stretches of years.

Only two teams have qualified for the playoffs after losing 10 consecutive games: the 1951 New York Giants and the 1982 Atlanta Braves, each of whom also enjoyed long winning streaks during the season to offset the losing stretches.

Vazquez has proved he can go through winning and losing stretches with his fastball hovering around the mid to high 80s, but his recent rough patch continued Saturday, as he yielded as many home runs as innings pitched (three).

Back in Victorian times, the foot of this lost stretch on the southern edge of Little Portugal was the end of the line for the working class immigrants riding the early morning trolley to low-paying jobs in this former meatpacking district.

One reason is that consciousness itself takes many forms, from the gauzy half-dream state between the alarm clock's bleating and sitting up; and lost stretches of waking life, as when a driver pulls into the driveway with no recollection of the half-hour commute home.