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Example sentences for: winning

How can you use “winning” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

00, it was like winning the lottery.
The third, George W. Bush, has been winning glowing notices for different reasons.
The Washington Post leads with word that Charles Taylor, the warlord who started and dominated Liberia's seven-year civil war (estimated deaths: 150,000) is winning his country's presidential election.
At the same time that the picture was winning an international critics' prize at the Cannes Film Festival (where it was shown outside the main competition), Universal, the studio that financed it (through its recently acquired "indie" wing, October), unloaded it in a panic--largely because its new owners, the Bronfmans of Seagram, feared being associated with a movie that featured a pedophile.
It's widely reported that the Republicans are winning all the particular votes on this matter--with the Clinton grand jury video expected to be made public by the weekend.