Sentence examples for races spanning from inspiring English sources

Williams won her first 151 outdoor races, spanning five years, before she was finally beaten in the 200m final at the World Junior Championships in Canada in 2010.

"Dai ran a good race and burned everybody out, but in the Olympics it's going to be a much faster race," said the 56-year-old, who at one time during his career went unbeaten for 122 races, spanning an incredible nine years, nine months and nine days.

Add in a prestigious motorbike race, spanning three continents and open only to elite male Axis youth – and one girl, Adele Wolfe, who disguised herself as her brother and won the chance to meet the reclusive Führer in person.

It is ostensibly a love story – the tale of childhood sweethearts at school in Nigeria whose lives take different paths when they seek their fortunes in America and England – but it is also a brilliant dissection of modern attitudes to race, spanning three continents and touching on issues of identity, loss and loneliness.

A parody of Franklin's timeless duet with George Michael, "Knew You Were Waiting For Me," the video features a number of former Drag Race contestants spanning almost every one of the show's five seasons, including season four winner Sharon Needles.

And the race, which spans three weeks, 21 stages and about 3,500 kilometers (more than 2,100 miles), will grow only more difficult.

Jones's racing career spanned 60 years, during which Calumet Farm became the leading owner of racehorses in America 12 times in a 20-year span and the leading breeder 14 times.

There were games specifically for ladies – held in honour of the goddess Hera – but they comprised just one measly event: a foot-race that spanned five-sixths the length of the stadium track.

The race has spanned about a week and has racked up over 1000 comments.

Harry Bassett's racing career spanned five years and ended with 23 wins from 36 starts; he finished second five times and third three times.

Over the course of a race that spanned over three months, all of the DNC candidates agreed the party desperately needs new, innovative leadership.