Sentence examples for personal concession from inspiring English sources
Mr. Gore abandoned his quest for the presidency with a deeply personal concession, invoking his faith, his father and his dedication to social justice.
John Kasich formally suspended his presidential campaign on Wednesday, paving the way for Donald Trump to clinch the Republican nomination with a personal concession speech that barely touched on the political maelstrom his decision unleashes.
The story of Dawn Gantly, a 70-year-old expatriate from Britain, is typical, tempering optimism with economic hardships, independence with personal concessions.
For others, the decision to take a bus, while not the most efficient, linear way of getting from here to there, may reflect certain personal values and concessions about life in New York.
This included little things like eating the pizza I didn't order, but it also extended to more serious personal and professional concessions that had larger consequences.
Mr. Pettersen said he wanted only to assemble neighbors with diverse opinions about the park and had no personal interest in the concession.
However, they also believed that social pressure to perform was so strong in the academic community that it created "a form of social determinism leading to conformity with social values through a concession of personal values" [ 82].
A group of states suing Microsoft, citing recent testimony from a company executive, have told a federal court that Microsoft has used the Bush administration's antitrust settlement as "a sword to extract valuable concessions" from personal computer makers.
"What votes did you get in the Senate for personal accounts by making that concession on benefits?
Balls said in a short concession speech: "The personal disappointment I feel is nothing compared to the sense of sorrow I feel at the result that Labour has achieved in the UK".
Vitter announced that he will not seek re-election in 2016, and joked that he had "reached my personal term limit" during his concession speech.
