Sentence examples for provided an edge from inspiring English sources

At the start of Johnson's next over, Kohli provided an edge which Shane Watson dropped at first slip.

Some admissions officers suggested in interviews that deferred admission had also provided an edge in college rankings.

Another is that the modern human capacity for symbolic thinking (manifest at that time in the form of cave paintings and carved animal figurines) provided an edge.

For Clinton, who is often accused of lacking communication skills and an overarching vision, Trump's presence in the race has provided an edge and a theme: Stop the bully.

But Russia's military intervention has provided an edge to the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, allowing them to cut off access to the city's rebel-held areas, while also making life inside them worse through shelling and airstrikes against markets, bakeries and medical facilities — leaving entire neighborhoods in ruins.

While American assets like airpower, high-tech weaponry, and logistical support certainly provided an edge, the time left for that edge was waning.

Each is looking for anything that might provide an edge.

In a competitive nursing home market, they may provide an edge in attracting paying customers.

Subject tests are only occasionally required but are often recommended to provide an edge in graduate school admission.

Now the technology, pioneered in motor racing, is being applied in another discipline where split seconds provide an edge: sailing.

They provide an edge, the grit, the reason that football is not merely an athletic exhibition, and is a competitive endeavour that fires the spirit.