Sentence examples for successive winner from inspiring English sources

Cited as "innovative and influential", Davis becomes the biennial prize's third successive winner from North America, after fellow American Philip Roth won in 2011 – prompting a controversial walk-out from the judge Carmen Callil, partly over her disappointment in the panel's failure to choose a writer in translation – and Canadian short story writer Alice Munro took the prize in 2009.

Teaforthree was the only faller at The Chair, while Double Seven ran well to finish third, but Pineau De Re was the third successive winner of the race at a big price after victories at 66-1 and 33-1 in 2013 and 2012.

Daniel Sturridge celebrated his 24th birthday with his third successive winner of the season by steering in a close-range header in the third minute.

Alongside him is Marcel Desailly, seeking his third successive winners' medal, already established through brains and brawn as a key contributor to Milan's majesty.

The same shot finally clicked into gear as successive winners helped her get the crucial break in the second set, and with 11 three-set wins already this year, she was a strong favourite to prevail in the decider.

In 1955, after he had trained his third successive Grand National winner, Quare Times, O'Brien decided that it was time to focus his attention on the far more richly endowed sport of flat racing.

Turnover is expected to reach £100m on this afternoon's 40-runner contest, which is due off at 4.15pm, and a second successive 100-1 winner could see as much as half of the total stake money staying in the bookies' tills.

Froome will become the second successive British winner when he crosses the line on the Champs Elysees following Sir Bradley Wiggins's victory 12 months ago.

You would never have thought we would have all the track success, all the Olympic medals and two successive British winners of the Tour de France in Bradley Wiggins in 2012 and Chris Froome in 2013.

As the years pass, and as, maybe, Warren Beatty even fulfills his promise to play Howard Hughes (the age gap is closing), so successive Thalberg winners will define our new orthodoxy: independence.

Ruler Of The World started at 7-1 and stayed on strongly in the final quarter-mile as Dawn Approach, the 5-4 favourito to become the second successive 2,000 Guineas winner to win the Derby, faded to finish last of the 12 runners after pulling too hard in the early stages.