Sentence examples for tough contender from inspiring English sources

Doug Forand, the top political strategist for the Senate Democrats, said Mr. Green "would have been a very tough contender".

Paul Amodeo's Adrian may be the victim of every woman he encounters, but in the race for a prize he is a tough contender.

Tough contender Chad Mendes replaced the champion on short notice, and the UFC put up an interim belt to placate the sharp-dressed, big-spending European.

"So he's going to be a very tough contender throughout these last two days.

"We were nervous about shooting so many pilots, but every one of the pilots was a tough contender for us," she said.

It puts an issue that was really important before London 2012 to raise awareness of the Paralympics [and] they were hyper successful … Dumb Ways to Die was a tough contender".

Similarly, "Copenhagen" is facing tough contenders for best play, including Sam Shepard's "True West," Claudia Shear's "Dirty Blonde" and Arthur Miller's "Ride Down Mt. Morgan".

For their part, both Mr. Emanuel and Ms. Lewis insist that the standoff here is not about them at all, not about personality and not about some dueling match between two tough contenders.

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She is regarded as one of the toughest contenders in the sport.

His lone loss is to Oba Carr, a tough welterweight contender at the time that he defeated Coley.