Sentence examples for race a shot from inspiring English sources

Misguided as it may sometimes be, this hunger for patterns, real and imaginary, is what gives the human race a shot at finding company.

In contrast to the tradition represented by the Preakness, Stronach hopes to give racing a shot in the arm with the proposed Pegasus World Championship.

I got back to the office, and set about trying to tart up this dog of a race for a shot at the front page.

The General Motors -backed race gets a shot at stardom thanks to the tremendous success that NBC had when it aired the Pepsi 400, another major NASCAR event, on July 8.

I can appreciate that Clinton has still got a real good case for being in the race and a shot to use the democratic process to make a good case for superdelegates - so much so that I don't think her soldiering on is a bad idea in the least.

This year, they competed in IndyCar racing, Pop-A-Shot basketball and Skee-Ball at a local arcade.

They gave the 40th running of the race a new shot of American pride.

The winner of the 1986 race – a long shot at 17-to-1 – Ferdinand wasoldld as a stud to a Japanese breeder, then sent to a slaughterhouse when he failed to sire speedy offspring.

"This election speaks to the potential toxicity of an Obama candidacy and the possible drag he could have down-ballot this fall," said a memorandum from the National Republican Congressional Committee, which called the race a warning shot to Democrats.

From experience, she knew that Henry's blood pressure was falling dangerously low, and she raced for a shot of epinephrine to revive him.

"But in a race like a governor's race or in a Congressional race, you have a shot as a Democrat if you're willing to submerge those traditional Democratic issues that you've been preaching all your life, especially the hot-button cultural issues".