Sentence examples for sturdy start from inspiring English sources

Even so, Pettitte was giving the Yankees the kind of sturdy start they needed.

Fulham will be looking to continue their sturdy start to the season tomorrow, where Steve Sidwell is likely to line up against former club Villa just months after he considered quitting football due to ongoing injury problems.

Distributor Fox Star, local subsidiary of the Hollywood giant, are also hoping to get 2016 off to a sturdy start after making noticeable in-roads into Bollywood last year.

A victory that Manager Joe Girardi characterized as "as close as you can get to a must-win in the month of May" also featured the return of Jorge Posada, a brilliant escape act by Dave Robertson and a sturdy start by Ivan Nova.

Seam pair Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Ryan McLaren, who conceded 153 between them in the loss to India, went for only 42 in their combined 17 overs, while Chris Morris - in for the injured Morne Morkel - impressed on debut as the attack compensated for the batsmen's earlier failure to capitalise on a sturdy start.

After three sturdy starts, he gave up six runs and seven hits.

Two sturdy starts in a row preceded this one, an encouraging trend.

The Mets again received sturdy starting pitching from Niese, who gave up one run and seven hits in seven innings.

They whooped every time the trends that had dominated this series — the Rangers' sturdy starting pitching and clutch hitting — were reversed.

It has a sturdy starting point -- it's hard to think of a plot more familiar to Broadway regulars -- and a constellation of well-established collaborators.

And perhaps trade bait for a sturdy starting pitcher.