Sentence examples for predictable race from inspiring English sources

That's where the storm upset a somewhat predictable race.

Or will they have to settle for a more predictable race between Mr. Dodd and Rob Simmons, a former congressman?

From a wagering standpoint, the Preakness has been a much more predictable race than the Kentucky Derby.

In fact, Chartier's stumble in the final lap provided some much needed drama in what had become an otherwise dull and predictable race.

Before the players, blame the sociologists who play the predictable race card, who howl that white people can't accept black basketball the minute anyone dissects the now-obvious deficiencies in the American-style game.

Drivers, the lifeblood of the sport, were too predictable; race teams and Nascar were slow to embrace social media; track owners were not doing enough to make attending races easier; not enough was being done to attract Hispanics and urban youths to offset the decline in older fans.

Hamilton's dominance on the track and his jet-set lifestyle have made him a huge star but Ecclestone said the public still want less predictable racing.

Trevor Bayne, a rookie part-timer in his second Sprint Cup start, won it last year to prove once again that the Daytona 500 is one of Nascar's least predictable races.

Mrs. Clinton partook of the predictable racing metaphors, saying, "We need to get on track in America" and noted that "to go forward you put the car in D and to go in reverse you put it in R," drawing the obvious Democrat-Republican analogy.

For now this decorated Marine combat veteran, once Ronald Reagan's secretary of the navy, is the Democratic nominee for a Senate seat from Virginia.What may have been a fairly predictable Senate race is now, at a minimum, a referendum on a war ardently supported by the Republican incumbent Mr Webb will face: George Allen.

What began as one of the tightest and least predictable Oscar races in years ended up as a fairly predictable love fest for "American Beauty," a comedy about suburban dysfunction that quietly grew in the weeks since the nominations were announced to become the obvious favorite.