Sentence examples for urge to win from inspiring English sources

Fear of failure suppressed the urge to win.

The USA team appear semi-detached only in the context of Europe's manic urge to win.

There is no reason to object to the Bill – apart from the compelling urge to win an argument for its own sake, the scourge of Westminster politics.

"Ronald was easy to manage because he had this extreme urge to win, not only in the regular games but in training, too.

Alexander R. Galloway, an associate professor in the department of media, culture and communication at New York University, said Foursquare taps into our urge to win when we are placed in a competitive environment, especially in front of our peers.

In his efforts to substitute "right" for "might", Arthur discovers that the human urge to win, to prevail, to gain status and revenge offers a constant challenge to any system of governing that hopes to promote cooperation rather than conflict.

Even Reagan's nickname, the Gipper, was a reference not to the original George Gipp, the hard-drinking Notre Dame football hero who died at twenty-five, butoto Reagan's blameless incarnation of him in "Knute Rockne — All American" (1940) and to the deathbed scene in which Rockne's team is urged to "win just one for the Gipper".

Mrs. Reagan traveled to the Republican National Convention in the summer and urged voters to "win another one for the Gipper".

President Lee Myung-bak, once an ally, has withdrawn his promise to cut taxes for them, instead urging them to win "respect from the people" by doing more to help the poor.

There was a day in the Alps in 2004 when Lance Armstrong urged Floyd Landis to win that Tour de France stage as a reward for hard riding in the mountains.

I think he will be urging them to win games three- or four-nil.