Sentence examples for on a showdown from inspiring English sources

So Woods had a six-stroke lead to sleep on, a showdown with Duval to look forward to, and perhaps a victory speech to deliver.

He also missed out on a showdown with his Great Britain rival Lutalo Muhammad.

The outlaw insists on a showdown, and the marshal, always a moral touchstone, must accommodate him.

House Republicans had envisioned a plan to reach a comprehensive deficit reduction deal predicated on a showdown in July over the debt ceiling.

After all, had the Murray brothers happened to slip up in the doubles last weekend, then the Davis Cup final would have hinged on a showdown between Bemelmans and Kyle Edmund.

Labor leaders and analysts said Mr. Bush seems intent on a showdown with government-employee unions, the biggest source of growth in union membership in recent decades and a major supporter of Democrats.

On the eve of a showdown vote on his nomination of Charles W. Pickering Sr. to a federal appeals court post, President Bush today accused the Democrats of maligning a good man and opposing his confirmation for political reasons.

"A one-on-one showdown with a Republican would enhance our chances of winning in November," he said.

THE penalty shoot-out transforms football from a team sport to one-on-one combat, a showdown between kicker and goalkeeper.

All during the infernal night session the Roosevelt men had been trying to wear out and beat down the opposition, and to push on to a showdown.

"Unless we get a one-on-one showdown with Japan in a quarterfinal, it won't be directly in our hands, but we will do the best we can," Varty said.