Sentence examples for seemed competitive from inspiring English sources

His race seemed competitive in 1996, but he won 64 percent of the vote against a former lieutenant governor of Missouri.

"I don't think so," Jewel said, although most of the time she was herself uneasy with her mother's thinness; it seemed competitive.

If the tribulations of getting into your chosen establishment seemed competitive, it's the obstacle course of university itself that is the real test of a student's mettle.

The Nets struggled in their previous test, a one-sided loss to Minnesota last week, and they never seemed competitive against the Lakers.

Despite my passengers' complaints, the cabin seemed competitive, in terms of design, quality and quietness, with competitors like the Lexus ES 300, the Acura TL and RL, and the Lincoln LS.

The West Indian total of 243/7 from their 50 overs (this was the first World Cup contested over this distance) seemed competitive, 84 runs coming from the last eight overs with Derek Pringle's figures of 10-0-83-0 looking particuglyly ugly.

He was also concerned about seeming competitive with Lydon, if they both wrote essays.

The actors may not seem competitive, but their handlers often are.

But even as residents debate Oxford's future affordability, the town does seem competitive.

The U.F.C. bantamweight division, which was essentially created as a showcase for Rousey, suddenly seems competitive, though confusing; notions of invulnerability have been replaced by tallies of wins and losses, although plenty of wild speculation remains.

They are also usually overly polite or lumpy and muddled, and the audience's experience relies too heavily on the relationship that the pianists appear to have: whether they seem competitive or mutually admiring, whether they are peering at each other across some perceived aesthetic divide or whether they are enacting some variation of teacher-and-student.