Sentence examples for shadow contest from inspiring English sources

Both sides got the message that a brawl was not going to happen, but the shadow contest then petered out into something almost unwatchable and tepid.

Some 258 Labour MPs were eligible to vote in the shadow cabinet contest.

The latter has been even more important since the WWE and World Heavyweight Championships were unified in 2013 - so the fact there is only one major title means that the Rumble winner cannot be kept in the shadows and contest the opening match like Alberto Del Rio did in a losing effort to Edge at WrestleMania 27.

Clearly, Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama came in deciding to lower the volume from the overtones of race and gender that had shadowed their contest for the past week and worried many Democrats — including many of the candidates' advisers — that the back-and-forth could imperil both candidates.

First elected as MP for Eastwood in 1997, Jim Murphy resigned from the Labour shadow cabinet to contest the Scottish Labour leadership in 2014 following Johann Lamont's resignation after the Scottish independence referendum.

And while the seven contenders onstage were loath to admit it, that primary casts a giant shadow over the contest to lead the party.

Outside the contest, Labour shadow leader of the house Angela Eagle tweeted: "Embarrassing from William Hague, pretending Cameron wasn't invited.

It's the price voters are paying for the ridiculously over the top political auction that's being played out in asylum policy in the shadow of an election contest.

Ms. Warren has cast such a long shadow over the primary contest that two Democrats - Mayor Setti Warren of Newton and Bob Massie, an activist and former candidate for lieutenant governor - dropped out in recent weeks, saying they could see no path to victory with her in the race.

All the state governorships and seats in the lower house of Congress are up for grabs, as are two-thirds of the Senate.Lula's shadow looms over these contests, too.

The South Carolina governor's race is one of several extremely competitive contests shadowed by voters' worries about money and jobs.