Sentence examples for past favourite from inspiring English sources

It was a relatively low-key event that saw 21-year-old Dutchman Henk Poppe make a surprise late sprint past favourite Eddy Merckx.

"The toy industry", said the Washington Post, is "taking a page from the movie industry and updating past favourites".

Each year, Prince gives away the trophy, and he reels off a few past favourites: "DJ Craze from Miami, DJ Noize from Denmark, Roc Raida from Philadelphia".

As with most things, if I'm looking for something new I find myself drawn to styles that owe something to past favourites.

Not only can you make classes reminiscent of your past favourites, but you will also be able to dream up combinations that you never thought possible.

It's a busy time – two new books are about to be published; a children's poetry book, I am a Poetato, and New and Selected Potatoes, a collection of new works and past favourites.

With past favourites including a merry-go-round, an iceberg and, last season, a giant globe, Lagerfeld – plugged into every flicker of the zeitgeist, of course – knows the buzz around the Chanel show begins even before the guests sit down.

If they ever needed a house band for the Bada Bing in The Sopranos, the Criminals would be there, chanting: "Free John Gotti!" As they ripped through a monstrously entertaining selection of past favourites and new songs, it was a vivid reminder not only of what a great dance band they are, but also how successfully they have overhauled the traditional notion of the "rock band".

Langridge and Mills eased past favourites Adcock and Ellis 2-0 as the two home nations featured in four of the day's five bronze medal matches.

Sow, who won the French Ligue 1's top scorer award in May, was rewarded for helping Senegal return to Africa's flagship competition, the Africa Cup of Nations, after edging past favourites Cameroon.

For me, a ghostly trace of Ambre Solaire rising from the pages of a sun-bleached paperback is a way back to the past: to favourite stories as much as to favourite beaches.