Sentence examples for was won from from inspiring English sources

The race was won from the front by Colombia's Mariana Pajon, aged 20, with New Zealand's Sarah Walker winning silver and Laura Smulders of the Netherlands third.

How it was won: From behind.

(My only victory was won from a middle-aged barber ashamed to have stolen from me in the first place; he also slipped mid-fight).

Further expansion eastwards came in November 1989, when the operation of eleven tendered routes requiring six buses was won from the county council.

You could say this is a dark How the West Was Won from a woman's point of view, with strong Coen Brothers influence.

An episode of the TV-series How the West Was Won from 1979 was named L'Affaire Riel, featuring Louis Riel while in exile in the United States.

Their self-mockery was winning from the start and thereafter.

Paul said no one was "winning" from the shutdown and said House members had been "wanting to fund government" – apart from Obamacare.

Approval had been won from the Ministry of Education.

He said: "Elections are won from the centre ground.

A war like this cannot be won from the air".