Sentence examples for runner up after from inspiring English sources

This is a sorry indictment of a team that in the last five years has won the European Cup once and also finished runner up after reaching another final.

18 11 *Title was awarded to the runner-up after it was revealed that the original champion (Zamboanga City, Philippines) had used ineligible players.

The Big East is 1-1 in the final game; Miami won last season, Virginia Tech was the runner-up after the 1999 season.

RICHARD WILLIAMS: My runner-up after Barca, for what it's worth, would be the Columbia-High Road team, which got Mark Cavendish of Britain into position to win six stages of the Tour — breaking the record for the number of stages won by a sprinter in a single year.

They finished runners-up after losing to Cameroon.

A victory in that encounter would have taken Roma top with two games of the season left – instead they finished runners-up after Maurizio Turone's header at the Stadio Comunale, Juventus's home until 1990, was debatably ruled offside.

Jose Reina was in goal for the Serie A runners-up after his summer move from Liverpool, while Gonzalo Higuain - a transfer target for Arsenal before he left Real Madrid - was named on the bench by Rafael Benitez, the former Chelsea interim manager.

There's a great runner-up after the jump.

Jordanstown's Andy Reid was another series runner-up after finishing second in the final Superstock 600cc race.

Nearly reeled in winner Tiger Roll last year before named the runner-up after a photo finish.

Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy was runner-up after winning two majors and the Ryder Cup in 2014, with athlete Jo Pavey third.