Sentence examples for mediocre before from inspiring English sources

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, another prominent Chicagoan, added: "Chicago basketball was mediocre before Michael came in.

Cook criticised Graves for calling the West Indies "mediocre" before the tour, adding: "That's a Yorkshireman for you - they're happy to talk a good game".

Host Jimmy Kimmel dedicated a good portion of his opening monologue to Streep, joking that the actress was "mediocre" before inspiring the audience to give her a standing ovation.

But the life-affirming tale of how world football's first petro-giant flirted with the mediocre before returning to their own nagging, attritional ultimacy is looking like one that, this Premier League season, just 180 minutes in, may well bear out.

Make sure that your teacher really is mediocre before making up your mind.

I'll argue that the magazine is more likely to run a great caption with a mediocre drawing before it runs a mediocre caption with a great drawing.

But he has handled his four and a half seasons as a Met with aplomb, overcoming early struggles against his former team and mediocre results before reinventing himself.

He was 9-15 with a 4.63 E.R.A. in a mediocre career before emerging as one of the finest pitchers in the National League in 1997 by going 13-9 with a 2.89 E.R.A. for the Mets.

On the back of this century, Marsh will be backed through another 4 or 5 mediocre series before he gets..... injured!!!!" 10.07am GMT 110th over: Australia 357-7 (Johnson 18, Harris 0) And Morkel it is.

His popularity rating soared from a mediocre 26%, before becoming interior minister in 2002, to above 50% once in the job, giving him the support with which he went on to conquer the party.With a mix of skill and luck, Mr Sarkozy has disposed of his rivals, one by one.

Cook was critical of Graves for calling West Indies a "mediocre" side before the drawn Test series in the Caribbean.