Sentence examples for swing a contest from inspiring English sources
The phrase "swing a contest" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express the idea of winning or influencing a contest, but it is not a standard expression. Example: "He managed to swing a contest in his favor with his persuasive speech."
Mr. Carson responded, "One comment does not swing a contest".
A few points may not sound much but it is enough to swing a contest – and gold medals are worth a significant amount in extra sales for wineries.
Yet a strong Clinton victory in another general election battleground state — like her wins in Ohio and Pennsylvania this spring — could raise fresh questions about Mr. Obama's ability to carry swing states in a contest against Senator John McCain in the fall.
Today's Times detects a whips' plot to swing the contest for Margaret Beckett, the best option open to the status quo faction.
He did likewise against Maribor and Qarabag, with a corner kick from the Englishman in the latter tie enough to swing the contest in Celtic's favour.
Two old-timers on the soap box won't swing the contest.
It took the impact from the bench of the likes of James Roby, Tom Burgess and, most of all, two tries from Brett Ferres to swing the contest.
The party had handed over documents to police in Scotland amid claims that Unite – Labour's biggest trade union backer – had sought to swing the contest by cramming the constituency with new members.
He said it would not take many mischief-making Democrats to swing some contests away from Mitt Romney toward Mr. Santorum.
Manchester's Murray seemed to be shading the fight in the opening five rounds but a change in tactics swung the contest Mitchell's way.
