Sentence examples for nominated like from inspiring English sources

"Can you believe that Tom Cruise was nominated?" Like he had to overcome a great handicap.

Still, Ms. Burstyn said, she intends to go to the ceremonies this year, partly to see some of her friends who were also nominated (like Marcia Gay Harden for her supporting role in "Pollock").

Then came the monologue -- well, in this case, dialogue -- in which Franco chided Hathaway for not getting nominated like he did.

Comments predominated such as: why are blacks always whining about something; they should work harder to be nominated like the other ethnic groups; and Will Smith is only doing this because he wasn't nominated otherwise he wouldn't care.

Even though everybody says it's such an honour to be nominated, they like the fact that somebody wants it.

And whether the President who nominated her likes it or not, she should act on it as soon as she's in office.

Republican Presidents like Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush had nominated moderates like Anthony Kennedy and David Souter to the Supreme Court, and conservatives were determined to make sure George W. Bush would not repeat the pattern.

He said that if he's nominated, "I'd like to beat him straight up," not on the basis of the birth issue.

Breyer dismissed the argument made by some liberals urging both him and his fellow Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to step down so President Barack Obama can nominate a like-minded successor before his second term is over. .

A spokesdrawing for the band described being nominated as "like carrying an albatross around your neck for eternity".

Younger performers who were nominated this year, like the influential rapper LL Cool J, will have to wait.