Sentence examples for matched the first from inspiring English sources

The second half rather matched the first.

McIlroy matched the first round score of his playing partner Jordan Spieth.

Subsequent recordings never matched the first two, but they achieved commercial success with the live Rock Of Ages, while their 1974 reunion tour with Dylan was one of the events of the decade.

A small two-handled bowl of the skyphos type from fifth century B.C. Greece matched the first category in its spartan quality — even if it was a typical black-glazed Attic piece.

Last year's X Factor audience was down, but although the latest season of Broadchurch was not as well received by some critics, Mr Crozier said its audience, at some 9.2 million including catch-up, had pretty much matched the first season.

And the fish coped quickly when the researchers made the task harder by changing the target object so that only the horizontal or vertical orientation matched the first object.

Bruce Fleisher, John Jacobs and Hugh Baiocchi of South Africa matched the first-round record with seven-under-par 65's to share the lead in the Senior Players Championship yesterday in Dearborn, Mich.

The margin matched the second-most lopsided World Series game.

The two-second difference matched the second-closest women's finish in race history.

The four-second victory margin matched the seventh closest in the race's history.

It matched the second-biggest comeback in Cincinnati's history when trailing in the fourth quarter.