Sentence examples for upset winning from inspiring English sources

He overtook the long shot Tiz Now Tiz Then with one-sixteenth of a mile remaining and held off Pyro in a mild upset, winning in 1 51.60.

Midway through the second half, U.C.L.A. applied excruciating defensive pressure and choked off Hofstra's offense and ultimately the Pride's dream of an upset, winning by 61-48.

But not always: In Super Bowl III, in 1969, the New York Jets handed the Baltimore Colts such a tremendous upset, winning 16-7, that we can still get a kick out of it.

Spartans, whose star striker Alan Shoulder would later join Newcastle for £20,000, created a big fourth-round upset, winning 3-2 againstainStokeStoke City side including Howard Kendall and a young Garth Crooks.

WEIGHT LIFTING Mexican Wins in Dispute Soraya Jimenez pulled off a huge upset, winning the 127 1/2-kilogram Olympic women's weight lifting gold medal for Mexico on her final lift.

The party remained an important political force in Scotland as the main opposition party, and in the 2007 elections the SNP staged a historic upset, winning the most seats in the Scottish Parliament to end some 50 years of Labour Party dominance in Scotland.

So there's a supplementary upset win: the kid got the shot.

Clemson helped T.C.U. on Saturday with a 40-37 overtime upset win at No. 8 Miami.

He even told the Times in 2008 that the Giants' upset win "was a good day for Vegas".

I believe I speak for all the political hopefuls in America when I say that the bar for a potential upset win is being set unacceptably high).

Trabzonspor will have a hard time matching its upset win over Inter when it hosts Lille, but at least it'll be home to try.