Sentence examples for sought a second term from inspiring English sources

I sought a second term to finish the job.

In the meantime, Jackson acquiesced to the pressure of friends and sought a second term.

Clinton was also fortunate in having a weak opponent when he sought a second term in 1996.

sought a second term in that post but was soundly defeated by Rep. Tom Davis (Va)..- From Roll Call.

Eight years later, when George H. W. Bush sought a second term, the economic slump of 1990 was starting to turn around.

She points to Nelson Mandela, who steered South Africa through its transition from apartheid to democracy but never sought a second term.

In 2008 Livingstone sought a third term as mayor.

(Neither candidate sought a third term on the Council).

Mr. Bloomberg has said he has no regrets about his having sought a third term.

Ulysses S. Grant sought a third term in 1880, but he was denied his party's nomination.

A barber, he hadn't been politically active before Nkurunziza sought a third term.