Sentence examples for striking win from inspiring English sources

On the political front, the striking win for Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister, and his Liberal Democratic Party on September 11th underscored a popular desire for the incremental reforms that have begun to roll back the overweening power of the pork-barrel state.

Exaggerator ran three times before the Kentucky Derby, including a striking win in the Santa Anita Derby over a muddy track.

"In the book by Sir Clive Woodward, England's rugby union World Cup-winning coach, there is one phrase that is particularly striking: 'Winning doesn't happen in a straight line'.

Certainly they are striking and win attention, but at a price.

The striking employees won some concessions from the company amid threats to choke off gasoline distribution across the country.

When he gets particularly harsh in his lyrics, as on the title track or "Jamba," the result is often a striking, and winning, juxtaposition.

They kept striking and won sick pay and holiday pay, too.

They kept striking and won sick pay, holiday pay and pension rights, too.

Despite the odds against the firm, Gensler's striking design won over Chinese officials seeking a symbol of the city's aspirations to be a world financial center.

Yesterday, at opposite ends of the country, British politics witnessed two striking attempts to win back lost standing.

And keeping with the semi-somber, but still funny, note that Mr. Obama kept striking, he said: "Win or lose, this will be my last political campaign.