Sentence examples for making the cutoff from inspiring English sources

In another round, he had actually commandeered my hand, making the cutoff signal to the dealer on my pitiful behalf.

He missed making the cutoff weight by a pound, so he ended up playing fullback that year instead of defense in a league with older players.

Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, both of them acutely sensitive to what happened in the midterms, reportedly favored making the cutoff for tax increases at least a million dollars, rather than two hundred and fifty thousand.

-- just making the cutoff for most airlines' overweight baggage.

Systematic noises introduced during sample processing and fluorescence scanning can be improved but are hard to avoid completely, making the cutoff of present/absent call difficult to determine and vary from experiment to experiment.

He drew 14percentt of the vote, failing to make the cutoff.

But he was still downcast, uncertain whether he would make the cutoff to apply to top-tier universities.

Those who fail to make the cutoff but have good attendance and strong teacher recommendations will probably also be promoted, school district officials said.

But first, a few honorable mentions — some of our favorite pairs that did not make the cutoff: Crimson & Clover.

This week we're spinning the defeat – the playoffs are still possible, but complex probability equations assert that 20 more points are needed from the remaining 10 games to make the cutoff for the post season.

At that point I'll send off my scores to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation in hopes that I make the cutoff for finalist standing.