Sentence examples for previous contender from inspiring English sources

A previous contender for the world title, Mathis came out of retirement to fight Ali.

Of the ten authors long-listed for this year's National Book Award for Fiction, only one has been a previous contender for the prize.

In the clammy depths of a southern Illinois coal mine lies the largest fossil forest ever discovered, at least 50 times as extensive as the previous contender.

The previous contender for biggest land animal with a mass that could be determined by bone circumference was another Argentine titanosaur called Elaltitan lilloi first described in 2012.

The irony must be apparent to Juncker himself, who owes his political breakthrough to another British veto, of a previous contender for the same job.

But "Coupling" has not fared as well as previous contenders for this time period.

The bar on artists over 50 and reluctance to shortlist previous contenders make it more a snapshot of fashion than an authoritative test of quality.

And while an unsympathetic James would perhaps have to be played by someone physically unattractive, Pitt actually resembles the historic outlaw more than most previous contenders.

He's joined by two previous contenders, Adam Haslett and Brad Watson — and also by a writer who, in 2014, won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature: Jacqueline Woodson.

Fowler's films are often long, and I do wonder if the level of concentration his work requires will, like previous contenders the Otolith Group, get lost in the razzmatazz of the Turner prize.

Unlike previous contenders, ESPN and Setanta, BT has deep pockets and a real incentive to compete as it looks to bolster its broadband customer base (which Sky has been successfully, and lucratively, raiding for years).