Sentence examples for were quarter from inspiring English sources

For the horse, there were quarter cracks — wide gashes that developed in his fragile hooves and threatened to derail his racetrack career — and a fractured shoulder in April 2009 that kept him out of the Kentucky Derby and on the sideline for eight months.

Champions   Runners-up   Third Place   Fourth Place   Croatia's best results in UEFA Championships were quarter final finishes on their debut, in 1996, and in 2008.

The samples were quarter sampled and then packed in zipped plastic bags and stored in a temperature and moisture controlled room until needed.

"There were quarter-of-a-million-dollar fireplace mantels, and there are multiple ones.

The cut in rates the Fed has strongly signaled for its late-January policy meeting "could be a half-point," a move that would reverse the final increase in a series of six that ended in May; the first five were quarter-point moves.

During the winter the soldiers were quartered in the countryside.

The Blues were quarter-finalists in 2008 where they lost to Toulouse, but defeated the French side a year later to reach the semi-final.

The team's worst results were quarter-final losses to the United States in 1999, and Japan in 2011.

The following two seasons were similar; Harvey stood in four first-class matches including one against a touring international team, and one List A match, both of which were quarter-finals.

Royalist troops were quartered in the barn during the Bloody Assizes.

It was quarter past seven.