Sentence examples for tough contest from inspiring English sources

A tough contest: just as he likes it.

Katie: We're in downtown LA, so that's a tough contest.

But he now faces a potentially tough contest with McCain, who won the state in 2000.

Cuccinelli, who faces Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling in a tough contest, has long backed conventions.

They're littered with quality players and it'll be a really tough contest for us".

"I'm under no illusions and neither should our supporters be -- it's going to be a tough contest," Mr. Bush said.

A relatively small number of candidates will find themselves in truly tough contests in either the primary or the general election this year.

"They are two tough contests, but Queen's Trust has been unlucky all year so hopefully she will get the rub of the green this time.

But Democrats, who have spent $4.2 million on behalf of Representative Joe Sestak, said they did not anticipate scaling back their investment because the race seemed more winnable than other tough contests, including in Missouri, where the party reduced its spending commitment.

Elsewhere around the country, Democrats in tough contests in conservative Southern districts like Ronnie Shows in Mississippi and Roger Kahn, a candidate for an open seat in Georgia, both quickly fell in behind the president.

But for Nassau County Republicans there was cause for celebration: the county's five Republican incumbents in the State Senate were re-elected after tough contests, and the party took back control of the Town Board in Hempstead, which is considered the party's hometown.