Sentence examples for narrowly took from inspiring English sources
Only Australia's Matt Mitcham prevented a Chinese sweep as he narrowly took the men's 10-m platform gold from the favourite, Zhou Luxin of China.
The weekend's other new star-driven project, Kevin Hart: What Now? narrowly took second place over last week's champ, The Girl on the Train.
It was an especially poor performance by Santorum, who narrowly took second place in Iowa but whose anti-gay, traditional family values message failed to connect in more liberal New Hampshire.
While Clinton maintains a slim nationwide advantage, and narrowly took the Iowa caucuses, Sanders's strong lead in New Hampshire and massive fundraising efforts have put her campaign in a precarious position.
When Remain only very narrowly took Newcastle – a city they could have expected to romp home with – a clammy parlour started to descend on the formerly super-chillum government ministers who were in the studio to chat about the In campaign.
When Remain only very narrowly took Newcastle, a city they could have expected to romp home with, a clammy pallor started to descend on the formerly super-chillum government ministers who were in the studio to chat about the In campaign.
Self-knowledge might be narrowly taken to consist in a Freudian grasp of the childhood sources of your motivations.
If estimates hold, it will narrowly take the slot for the second-best opening weekend ever for an animated film.
To repeat, Mr. Santorum looks like the favorite in Kansas, but there's a wide range of outcomes, from Mr. Romney getting an extremely strong turnout in places like Overland Park and narrowly taking the state, to Mr. Santorum holding both Mr. Romney and Mr. Gingrich below 20 percent of the vote and sweeping all 40 delegates.
The Democrats may narrowly take back the Senate.
With The New York Times finding that Nixon's performance had given the Republican ticket "a shot in the arm", Eisenhower and Nixon swept to victory in November, with the Republicans narrowly taking both Houses of Congress.
