Sentence examples for try to pad from inspiring English sources

While James, Howard and Bryant try to pad the prep-star legacy, Denver's Carmelo Anthony is vying to carve out his own bit of basketball history.

This season there has not been any cause for a player to try to pad his stats, as few players have even come close.

Facing the Cardinals on Sunday, Carlson will try to pad his touchdown total against the team that has allowed the most passing touchdowns (34) in the N.F.L. by a wide margin.

By the start of the individual time trial on Wednesday, however, overall contenders had been given plenty of notice that Froome was planning to try to pad his lead.

This two-part format allows things to breathe – Moffat doesn't try to pad out the extended running time with myriad extra plot twists, he just gives these old enemies room to dance around each other, batting back and forth centuries of animosity and bloodshed, made to feel recent and urgent once again in the light of recent revelations.

Gilbert, who is 6-foot-4, 207-pounds, had played in nine collegiate games before Thursday, and was 15 of 26 passing for 124 yards without a touchdown or an interception as McCoy often remained in blowout losses, perhaps to try to pad his statistics for the Heisman Trophy race.

That apparently has not prevented some of Mr. Putin's more zealous supporters from trying to pad his lead.

Chuck Grassley, a Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, blames President Clinton for trying to pad his legacy with pet social programmes.

At one point on Tuesday evening, Mr. Smith seemed to tend toward the risqué as he tried to pad the long wait with patter.

CityTime was meant to streamline employee timekeeping and crack down on public workers who tried to pad their paychecks with undeserved overtime.

But the man behind the idea was doing nothing but trying to pad his own wallet, Manhattan prosecutors said on Monday.