Sentence examples for were a finalist from inspiring English sources

We were a finalist in the Virgin Foodpreneur 2015 competition and, through our Shake for Life initiative, we're about to make our first donation to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, which we've partnered with on elephant and rhino conversation projects in Kenya.

The Post's reporting and opinion columns about the killing of one of its own contributing columnists, Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, were a finalist for the public-service medal, one of three Post entries to earn finalist status.

LATENT's concrete Belly Blocks, cast into flour sacks emptied by the baker, were a finalist in Architizer's "A+ Awards, Architecture + Materials," and the design of the restaurant was selected as NYC Archtober's "Building of the Day" in 2014.

We were recently named to the Gator 100 -- the list of the fastest growing Gator-led companies in the world and were a finalist in the South Florida Chamber of Commerce "Good to Great" Awards.

We felt like we won the minute we found out we were a finalist.

Certainly site owners seem to like them as they were a finalist in The Europas in the Best European Startup Tool For Startups 2010 category.

A year later she was a finalist in the first prize competition in memory of Kathleen Ferrier.

A year later, in Belgium, she was a finalist in the Queen Elisabeth Competition.

I was a finalist.

She was a finalist for the job.

The city was a finalist the past two years.