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Example sentences for: contestant

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But he then becomes a contestant, competing with the more successful guests.
JonBenet's 40-year-old mother, Patricia (Patsy) Ramsey, a former Miss America contestant, considered her young daughter her confidante and "best friend."
Halfway through the run, I tried our next sport-food contestant: Power Gel from PowerBar, a little packet of goo that one is meant to squeeze into one's mouth in the midst of an exercise session.
I feel a little like a contestant on an old-time game show like "Supermarket Sweep," staggering to the check-out counter with boxes of Cheerios and cellophane-wrapped Porterhouse steaks dropping off the top of my overstuffed grocery cart.
The unfortunate contestant simply knew his physics and philosophy, and recall was immediate.