Sentence examples for won has been from inspiring English sources

The very right to education – a battle we thought had been won – has been under threat," Brown says.

As a senior gymnast, the only major individual international title Douglas has won has been the Olympic all-around in London.

"It's terrible to see that, 15 years after the peace accords, the little that was won has been lost," she says.

The Clinton camp, sensing the nomination is all but won, has been urging her supporters in Washington to reach out to those who back Sanders to ensure they vote for her in the general election.

But while the won has been rising against the dollar, it has in fact fallen by 2percentt against the euro since mid-October, when the dollar's weakness became more apparent, said Ben Simpfendorfer, a Royal Bank of Scotland currency strategist in Hong Kong.

Chris Dunne, the headmaster at Langdon School in east London, which provided some of the children who travelled to Singapore in 2005 when the bid was won, has been highly critical of the decision to slash funding for the school sport partnerships.

"It hasn't been pretty; the games we've won have been tight," Edwards explained.

Eddie Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg (won), Jamie Foxx (won), Mo'nique (won) have been nominated for Academy Awards.

Winning has been elusive here.

Professor Moe Win has been promoted to full professor.

Winning has been routine in his career.