Sentence examples for sets the record for from inspiring English sources

It sets the record for the fastest 250 millibar wind speed ever recorded over New York and, probably, the country.

Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson sets the record for the most receiving yards in an NFL season, breaking Jerry Rice's all-time mark set back in 1995.

(How a "contender" sets the record for penalties in a game is beyond me).

The genome sets the record for being the oldest of a modern human ever sequenced--and the researchers were thrilled to find that it held fragments of Neanderthal DNA.

They also may set the record for women elected.

The Big East hoped to set the record for the most bids ever by a single conference.

BY HALLOWEEN, "The Mummy" could set the record for the world's most expensive movie poster.

The Mozilla Foundation wants to set a Guinness World Record by setting the record for the most downloads in 24 hours.

On the day of the gala, he had tried to set the record for Fastest 100m.

He set the record for the most strikeouts in the post-season, twenty-nine.

Houston's Roger Clemens set the record for the highest request in arbitration at $22 million in 2005.