Sentence examples for unlikely contender from inspiring English sources

At 44, Williamson is an unlikely contender for pop stardom.

Jeff Novitzky is an unlikely contender for the role of Eliot Ness of the steroids age.

Remy Cointreau's strategy of buying "tail brands" on the cheap makes it an unlikely contender.

In a season fraught with injury, Thompson cobbled together an unlikely contender, finding gem after hidden gem.

Lurking in a petri dish in a laboratory in the Netherlands is an unlikely contender for the future of food.

Just a few months ago, Justin Trudeau was an unlikely contender to be Canada's next prime minister.

The unlikely contenders are officially called Tour hostesses but more commonly, and somewhat indelicately, are known as podium girls.

There were unlikely contenders like the Seahawks, who made the playoffs with a losing record, then beat the defending Super Bowl champion Saints.

The result could not have been more devastating for the Algerian team, or for the fans that had watched them become unlikely contenders in their first World Cup.

Instead, it is the unlikely contenders, those groups who snuck up on history's inside lane, who now sound far out.

Shooting a four-under-par 66 to top a crowded leader board that included some unlikely contenders, Verplank took a one-stroke lead into Sunday's final round at Royal Montreal Golf Club.