Sentence examples for was winner from inspiring English sources
noun
One who has won or often wins.
Last year she was winner of the Glamour award.
When the 1,500km race arrived in Dublin, he was winner by almost five minutes.
Rock of Gibraltar was winner of 10 of 13 starts with career earnings of $2.03 million.
Simon Russell Beale was winner of the best actor award for his role as Uncle Vanya.
Above its title on screen was "Winner of the Golden Lion at Venice".
So the battle between Washington and Du Bois was winner-take-all.
Jon B. Kutler, a military industry expert and president of Quarterdeck Investment Partners of Los Angeles, added, "If it was winner-take-all, the loser might as well turn over the keys to the plant".
If Mr. Santorum were a little closer to Mr. Romney (say that he had qualified for the ballot in Virginia and won the state) and the allocation rules in the remaining states were a little more favorable to him (say that Texas was winner-take-all rather than proportional), perhaps the small-ball strategy would be worth pursing.
The Leyton game though really was winner-takes-all.
And while Trump may have won "every South Carolina delegate," as many reported, that's because the Republican primary was winner-take all.
