Sentence examples for tense contest from inspiring English sources

McCarthy was delighted with the victory, despite it being an ugly, tense contest.

In Virginia, Trump's strength in the rural counties has turned what was expected to be a serene Clinton victory into a tense contest.

The only game with playoff implications last night that wasn't a particularly tense contest was that between the St Louis and the Houston Astros.

The National Union of Students has elected its first black female Muslim president, after a tense contest in which Malia Bouattia unseated incumbent Megan Dunn.

But for the final 20 minutes of today's tight and tense contest, the 37-year-old Olajuwon was on the bench with asthma-like symptoms.

From a tense contest of close calls and missed opportunities, the Nationals emerged 3-2 winners over the St . LouisCardinals on Sunday in the first postseason game involving a Washington team since 1933.

Murray, meanwhile, has work to do before he moves up and, on the evidence of this tense, ragged contest, Wimbledon may be the place where he makes a move.

If there is one team right now that is favored to win the next World Cup, it is Spain, which late Saturday night beat Turkey, 1-0, in a tense, tight contest in Madrid.

So a brilliant day for the tournament finally came to a close; a tense Antipodean contest in Dharamsala avoided the rain and kept us gripped; in Mumbai England's batsmen, despite being unknown to Indian Premier League lovers in a packed stadium, lit up an unforgettable night.

As the candidates ramp up their run-off campaigns, The Conversation Global has asked scholars from around the world to give their view on this tense European contest.

The surfeit of such meetings reflects a tense trans-Atlantic contest over the global economy.