Sentence examples for selected champion from inspiring English sources

Every four years, the best and brightest of the party of Abraham Lincoln assemble to praise their selected champion before he strides proudly into battle for his place in history.

A single judge selected champions in more than a dozen categories with the grand champion picked from the winners.

Selecting champion survivors each week and celebrating them in interviews on "The Early Show" would increase ratings even further.

Later the federation changed the way it selected its champion, adopting a seeding system akin to that used in tennis tournaments.

In 1998 the federation changed the way it selects its champion.

He has said in the past that a tournament is not the right way to select a champion.

In a telephone interview just after the news conference, Ushenina said she thought the tournament was a good way to select a champion.

COLLEGE football has long been a peculiar anomaly among American team sports, as the only game that does not select its champion using a playoff system.

For the first time in 145 years, there will be a weeklong break within the 12-day continuous round of parades and parties that precedes the Lenten season, while the National Football League concludes its business of selecting a champion.

Though Ms. Ushenina is the reigning champion, she was the underdog at the start of the match, as she is ranked No. 17 in the world among women, and Ms. Hou is No. 2. The way that the match has unfolded has underscored a recurrent criticism of elimination tournaments as a method for selecting a champion: the best player does not always win.

Candace Broecker-Penn, an interpreter on the panel that helped select Mr. Champion for "The Elephant Man," said he stood out for his calm but intense work when others could become distracted or flustered by the noise and energy of the performances unfolding a few feet away.