Sentence examples for mediocre in comparison from inspiring English sources

But in a country that spends more per capita on health than any other, with results that remain mediocre in comparison, can we really expect that a nation of more satisfied patients will be a healthier nation over all?

Another candidate, admitted despite his schoolwork being "mediocre in comparison with many others," was accepted over an applicant with a much better record and higher exam scores because, as Howe put it, "we just thought he was more of a guy".

90 days later, this once nearly-top-shelf handset has devolved into something a little more mediocre in comparison to the freakishly powerful monster-phones that lead the way today.

But it remains difficult to see how God would be justified in creating creatures whose prospects for a good life are known by him to be mediocre in comparison with other creatures of the same species whose prospects for a good life are known by him to be much greater — given that this knowledge is all that is relevant to God's decision about which creatures to create.

But the Patriots' performance in the expectations game was mediocre in comparison.

"What's the highest scoring opening weekend in history?" The 27 goals scored last weekend was actually a distinctly mediocre return in comparison to most opening weekends, despite Fulham and Swansea's best efforts.

And what I realized is, even if I got "really" good at it, I would only be a mediocre bookkeeper, in comparison to people who are brilliant at it.

In 1914, it was purchased by German businessmen, but continued to register mediocre success in comparison with its pro-Entente competitors.

He was a mediocre student and no more than a decent athlete, and he paled in comparison with his father and namesake, who had been brilliant at everything he did.

However, the polls have shifted so much toward Mr. Romney in recent days that a mediocre day of polling for Mr. Obama may look good to the model in comparison to a very poor one, as he had on Friday.

The anodyne artists in the Great German Art show seemed mediocre by comparison.