Sentence examples for served to drop from inspiring English sources

He would have been better served to drop the ball but had only a split second to decide.

The 10th seed was fortunate that Williams was also struggling in the early stages, the American thumping a second serve well long to drop serve for the second time in game five.

These results served to postulate that the drop in estrogen was the cause for migraine in vulnerable women.

When he served two double faults to drop serve at the start of the second set, Nalbandian's resolve was put under further strain, and the sense of a Nadal onslaught was palpable.

The bottom of the dish contained 5-ml of PBS and served to prevent evaporation of the drops by forming a hydration chamber.

We are even thinking about using spoons to serve communion … to drop the bread into a person's palm, avoiding all contacts with that person.

Murray was in deep trouble when he sent over a 68mph second serve and netted successive backhands and forehands to drop serve early in the second set, but the dire situation drew a positive reaction.

Back at Mugz's, Miss Pat is planning to cook a big pot of spaghetti and meatballs — not meat sauce, she made a point of saying — on Sunday to serve to patrons who drop by her bar to watch the Saints game.

Thus, it seems reasonable to assume that the high wall stiffness in the leg arterioles serves to prevent a drop in local peripheral resistance upon a change in body position from recumbent to upright, and hence constitutes an important adaptation to life in erect posture.

Djokovic played a woeful game to drop serve at 5-5 and Federer served out for the set by winning his fifth game in a row.

Pushed back on his heels, he lashes a forehand well wide to drop serve again, allowing Djokovic to serve out the match.