Sentence examples for sluggish race from inspiring English sources

Tyree Washington of the United States had not lost a 400-meter race all season, but he ran a sluggish race tonight, losing to his teammate Jerome Young, who took the world championship in 44.50 seconds.

The cars won't be privately owned, though – you'd need to book with your smartphone – and they are decidedly sluggish, racing around the designated pathways at a grand 12mph (12mphh).

The shift away from voting for Democrats in the South, which began in 1964 at the presidential level, was much more sluggish in races for governor and other statewide offices.

A couple of 80-second laps were tossed into the middle of the sluggish 12 ½-lap race.

Republicans cite Rudolph W. Giuliani's sluggish departure from the race, Mrs. Clinton's celebrity and Vice President Al Gore's strong showing in New York -- he got 60percentt of the statewide vote to her 55percentt.

The temptation to speculate, although almost always fruitless, is particularly compelling in a race as sluggish as this one: maybe Gore or Bush will surprise us all and pick someone controversial, colorful, or...fun!... Writer tells about mistakenly reporting that Clinton had picked Sen. Bob Graham as his running mate.

The temptation to speculate, although almost always fruitless, is particularly compelling in a race as sluggish as this one: maybe Gore or Bush will surprise us all and pick someone controversial, colorful, or...fun!... Writer tells about mistakenly reporting that Clinton had picked Sen. Bob Graham as his running mate..

In the women's event Spofforth, who admitted she nearly quit the sport last year after a disappointing World Championships, looked sluggish in her opening race and qualified in 12th for tonight's semi-finals, with Davies sixth.

In the face of our "crisis" aren't these measures more like a sluggish march than a race to the top--a small bandage for a massive wound?

The Padres head into July squarely in the race in the sluggish National League West, despite a negative run differential, a below-average on-base plus slugging percentage and a pitching staff that ranks high in walks and low in strikeouts.

But management fallout and sluggish action could have Symbian racing to catch up.