Sentence examples for polite contests from inspiring English sources

Mary says that such splits have happened before citing Ford-Reagan and Reagan-Bush, which the Host rejects since this year's version is going far beyond those polite contests.

So far, it has been a largely polite contest.

"We do have a tradition of very polite politics here," Dr. Munoz said, "but when real contests start, we're not sure how polite we are anymore.

Making politics polite again.

A polite six-week elimination contest among 12 contestants (now 10 after two episodes) to win a paid job as a "Sports Center anchor for a year.

The current Premier League leaders took a stranglehold on the contest as soon as the polite opening exchanges had been completed.

Still, by contrast, the Democratic candidates on Saturday engaged in far more polite campaigning, hoping to end a bruising yearlong contest on a positive note.

The candidates were polite, friendly and busy with nine other Super Tuesday contests.

Quiet, polite Charlie Bucket is the unexpected winner of Wonka's contest precisely because he is quiet and polite.

Over the course of the next hour, these two polite, articulate strangers force the family to take part in progressively more sadistic contests, periodically stepping outside the film's action to speak to the viewer directly.

The boy who won a "Meet Britney" contest onstage got an arm's-length handshake and a polite "Nice to meet you".