Sentence examples for received the upper hand from inspiring English sources

Michaels, who had been thrown out of the ring, received the upper hand over Cena until Angle returned to the match and performed a variety of suplexes on both Michaels and Cena.

Back in the ring, Mankind received the upper hand after he bent Carlito forward and hooked each arm behind Carlito's back, tucked his head under one of Mankind's arms, and then fell back to pull Carlito down flat on his face which caused Carlito to roll over.

I have to have the upper hand".

The letter, written by Arnold J. Ludwig and Thomas J. Garry, two party loyalists who had been doing the legal work on the cemetery case from its inception, has prompted the state's top judge and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to open separate inquiries into whether people with strong political ties have the upper hand in receiving lucrative court work from judges.

"They have the upper hand.

Investors have the upper hand.

The latter currently have the upper hand.

But the protectionists have the upper hand.

The drugs get the upper hand.

The Chinese have the upper hand.

Fortunately, the women have the upper hand.