Sentence examples for runner up to from inspiring English sources

3) She was the runner up to Sam Smith in both.

He was a runner up to be children's laureate in its inaugural year, 1999.

Bespoke: A close runner-up to "couture".

There was no runner-up to the Angel.

It was the close runner-up to my eventual choice.

But it was runner-up to the rabbit with pappardelle.

He had been passed over in 2005, reportedly as the runner-up to Benedict XVI.

We used to be runner-up to Russia and… Talk story about Quonset huts.

Harvick was the runner-up to Bowyer, his Richard Childress Racing teammate.

What better way for a long-running runner-up to finally break through?

Niekro, of the Atlanta Braves, was the N.L. runner-up to Seaver in 1969.