Sentence examples for talented opponent from inspiring English sources

It was a sublime shot at the end of a high-quality rally against a determined and talented opponent playing in front of his home crowd.

Quite simply, Lazarus is an incredibly accomplished, incredibly talented opponent of offshore drilling.

"The only way to beat a talented opponent is to limit their possessions.

A congenial set of rules, it seems, can't offset a talented opponent, much less a worldwide financial panic.

Rating: 6 Steve Cherundolo: What started as a strong defensive showing against a talented opponent, Franck Ribéry, slowly devolved into a nondescript showing.

The glass-half-empty outlook: Florida State knows that it cannot continue making mental and physical errors and beat a very talented opponent.

For the second successive weekend, the Germans have obliterated highly talented opponents.

In clichéd sports terms Ms. McDaniel, a 5-foot-6 point guard, was a scrappy overachiever on the basketball court, a pugnacious competitor who often enraged her faster, more talented opponents with clever trash talk and pesky defense.

Making matters worse was the increasing tendency of teams to slow down the game to protect leads or prevent more talented opponents from getting the ball.

Richardson and Anderson cultivated the style as a way to neutralize more talented opponents who were not accustomed to playing all-out, said Bradley, who works in sports radio in Little Rock, Ark.

The board showing two minutes of added time had just been held up, West Bromwich Albion looked to have given the sort of scrapping, scrambling performance against more talented opponents that they will need to survive in the Premiership.