Sentence examples for lost the contest from inspiring English sources

A minor omission in New Jersey's application was one reason the state lost the contest.

Smith lost the contest, as was not unusual before a white jury in 1963.

"We made a lot of mistakes and lost the contest in the air," he said.

But she was only delaying the inevitable and she lost the contest when she twice overshot the baseline.

Dundee lost the contest despite hitting the woodwork on four occasions and their goalkeeper, Scott Bain, putting in an excellent performance.

"The voting was according to ethnicity," said Abdul Waqif Hakimi, a Kabul delegate and a Tajik, who lost the contest for chairman.

Adam loses the contest, and his defeat foreshadows much of what comes next.

But he began to lose the contest for total viewers to Mr. Letterman.

If we try to go big we lose the contest with the NFL, no question".

Even if the court rules for Mr. Icahn, he may still lose the contest to elect directors.

1. Vote Leave came close to losing the contest to be designated the official leave campaign, Shipman says.