Sentence examples for pivotal at from inspiring English sources

First and foremost, goals were pivotal at both ends.

Soriano was pivotal at the start, in the right place at the end and creating distractions in between.

With its huge population and rapidly developing economy, India under Modi is proud of its role on the world stage, and will be pivotal at the talks.

With a good club, Santana could be worth five to eight more victories a year — which sounds like enough to get the Mets into the postseason, when aces become more pivotal, at least until their arms fall off from overwork.

The 2013 edition caught pundits unawares by delivering its crowning Golden Lion award to Gianfranco Rosi's unfancied ringroad documentary Sacro GRA – a decision that suggested home-turf advantage can be pivotal at Venice.

"I've been going through intentional walks for 10 years now so I'm accustomed to it," said Bonds, on a night when he was not walked intentionally in a pivotal at bat.

Building leads is not good enough for the Yankees, who tacked on three more in the fourth, boosted by a pivotal at-bat by Swisher.

But O'Neill produced the pivotal at-bat in the first game of the World Series -- probably in the entire Series -- when he drew a 10-pitch walk against Armando Benitez in the ninth inning and then scored the tying run.

— As he watched Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday from his home in Jonesboro, Ark., Tommy Raffo recognized the pivotal at-bat by Mitch Moreland of the Texas Rangers.

Girardi had not lost faith in Wells, and as the game began to move toward one pivotal at-bat in the seventh inning Saturday at Yankee Stadium, Girardi told Wells to be ready.

In Game 1 of the World Series, O'Neill had what will forever be seen as the pivotal at-bat against the Mets: The Yankees were trailing by a run in the bottom of the ninth, and O'Neill battled for a 10-pitch walk against the closer Armando Benitez and scored the tying run in a game the Yankees won in 12 innings.