Sentence examples for selected for gameness from inspiring English sources

Professional football players, too, are selected for gameness.

Nina Planck New York City Malcolm Gladwell draws two cogent parallels between dogfighting and football: that damaging violence is inherent in both sports, and that both fighting dogs and football players are selected for "gameness," the willingness to endure continued pain in the interest of pleasing others ("Offensive Play," October 19th).

Malcolm Gladwell draws two cogent parallels between dogfighting and football: that damaging violence is inherent in both sports, and that both fighting dogs and football players are selected for "gameness," the willingness to endure continued pain in the interest of pleasing others ("Offensive Play," October 19th).

In one way or another, plenty of organizations select for gameness.

But those who select for gameness have a responsibility not to abuse that trust: if you have men in your charge who would jump off a cliff for you, you cannot march them to the edge of the cliff — and dogfighting fails this test.

Several dozen questions were selected for use.

Why was Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky selected for prosecution?

Labyrinth was selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club.

Animals selected for obesity cause obesity.

And what are selectees being selected for?

Women are swiftly selected for redundancy.