Sentence examples for pretender on from inspiring English sources

It was an old man's chiding of the young pretender on his throne.

He attempted to impose a pretender on the Ndebele people following the 1868 death of their king, Mzilikazi, which was a source of trouble for Mzilikazi's successor, Lobengula.

Far more households tuned in to watch "Early Edition" on CBS (5.8 million), a repeat of "Pretender" on NBC (5.3 million and twoo episodes of "Cops" on Fox (5.7 million).

Close to the waterfront in the heart of Old Montréal, Le Petit Hôtel is the latest pretender on Montréal's boutique hotel scene.

Jackson Browne's 1976 "The Pretender," on the other hand, is a "happy idiot" who "struggles for the legal tender".

Incumbent Sen. Mark Udall (D) immediately went after Gardner's switch, releasing a statement accusing his Republican opponent of being a pretender on the issue.

In short, the power struggle between pretenders on the left promises to be no less intense than that between the two rivals in government on the right.

In the days before the first debate in which Bush deigned to join Senator John McCain and four Dickensian pretenders on the same stage, observers as diverse as Brian Williams, of MSNBC, and Deborah Orin, of the New York Post, cited smirkiness as a problem for Bush to overcome.

With a number of promising creative players - including James McClean, James McCarthy and Seamus Coleman - waiting in the wings, the 72-year-old coach opted to start with many of the same players who featured throughout the qualifying campaign, leaving the young pretenders on the bench.

And by the way, shame on all you sick pretenders on stage who didn't have the decency to just say no when asked if you'd get behind that sorry bastard.

The term simply describes the importance of the round, coming a day after the cut is made and the tournament's most noteworthy contenders buckle down to play their very best while frequently hurdling some of the pretenders on the leaderboard.