Sentence examples for primary sweep from inspiring English sources

Standing beside her husband, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, as they listened to Donald Trump celebrate his five-state primary sweep Tuesday night, the Garden State's first lady reacted to Trump's assertion that Hillary Clinton was "playing the woman's card" with what may be the presidential campaign's most significant irritated eye roll. .

The figure shows the primary sweep (leftmost one) and the successive 3 buffered sweeps.

But advisers to Mr. Santorum acknowledged on Wednesday that the road ahead is much steeper and more potholed now after Mitt Romney's three-primary sweep on Tuesday.

He received 50.3 percent of the primary vote, swept up by a tide of religious conservatives backing Rick Santorum in the Republican presidential contest.

There is no doubt that Mr. Obama, who won Philadelphia in the primary, will again sweep the city, where about 52percentt of voters are black.

— MICHAEL D. SHEAR MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire Republican primary, achieving a sweep of the first two critical contests in the 2012 presidential race and boosting his chances at becoming his party's nominee this fall.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire Republican primary, achieving a sweep of the first two critical contests in the 2012 presidential race and boosting his chances at becoming his party's nominee this fall.

— Just days before the Republican presidential primary, Mitt Romney swept into Wisconsin, sounding general election themes and offering a forceful, and at times lyrical, speech laying out a stark and clear contrast between himself and President Obama.

In New Jersey, however, Christine Todd Whitman has become a heroine of the more liberal wing of the party, and it is her race that is being watched with more interest.In June's Republican primary Mrs Whitman swept all before her.

She swept primary challenger Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt). in five states, effectively ending his chances of securing the Democratic presidential nomination.

The primary object is to sweep the pool by winning at least three tricks, preferably all five.