CHAMPION in a Sentence

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61 example sentences for CHAMPION, such as:

1. The crowds hail the boxing champion.
2. The champion is in training for his next fight.
3. The reigning champion will defend her title tonight.
4. You have to pit a chess player against the Russian champion.
5. The little girl presented the champion with a victory garland.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHAMPION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
champion
 n.  a person who has defeated all rivals in a competition
 v.  protect or fight for as first place
Classic Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  At length the barriers were opened, and five knights, chosen by lot, advanced slowly into the area; a single champion riding in front, and the other four following in pairs.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  All eyes were turned to see the new champion which these sounds announced, and no sooner were the barriers opened than he paced into the lists.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  Over this champion the Disinherited Knight obtained a slight but decisive advantage.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  I cannot guess," answered De Bracy, "nor did I think there had been within the four seas that girth Britain a champion that could bear down these five knights in one day's jousting.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Boast not of that," said a Knight of St John, who was present; "your Temple champion had no better luck.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  At length the champion paused beneath the balcony in which the Lady Rowena was placed, and the expectation of the spectators was excited to the utmost.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  Both displayed great feats of gallantry, nor did either Bois-Guilbert or the Disinherited Knight find in the ranks opposed to them a champion who could be termed their unquestioned match.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  Prince John had now no further excuse for resisting the claim of the Disinherited Knight, whom, therefore, he named the champion of the day.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
9  On the lower step of this throne the champion was made to kneel down.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  There is more than mere strength, there seems as if the whole soul and spirit of the champion were given to every blow which he deals upon his enemies.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
11  On either side rode Conrade of Mont-Fitchet, and Albert de Malvoisin, who acted as godfathers to the champion.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
12  Malvoisin, then, acting as godfather of the champion, stepped forward, and laid the glove of the Jewess, which was the pledge of battle, at the feet of the Grand Master.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
13  "No champion appears for the appellant," said the Grand Master.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
14  The Judges had now been two hours in the lists, awaiting in vain the appearance of a champion.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
15  I may not deny what thou hast challenged," said the Grand Master, "provided the maiden accepts thee as her champion.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  Their clubs failed to reach the quarter finals of the European champion's league, and the national teams was knocked out of the World Cup by south Korea.
2  Martin Luther King, Jr., they believe he could champion the oppressed in their struggle for equality.
3  This was not only a game to decide which team will win magnificent prizes, it was also a game where the Mayor will decide who will be final champion.
4  You have to pit a chess player against the Russian champion.
5  Focusing on her game despite all her personal problems, tennis champion Steffi Graf proved she had an indomitable will to win.
6  His dimensions helped him punch his way to victory over the previous WBA world champion.
7  The little girl presented the champion with a victory garland.
8  Despite his hulking build, the heavyweight boxing champion was surprisingly light on his feet.
9  The champion is in training for his next fight.
10  The former champion went down to a hammer-blow in the twelfth round.
11  Their team can whip ours at volleyball, in fact it has chance to get champion.
12  The upshot of the rematch was that the former champion proved that he still possessed all the skills of his youth.
13  The crowds hail the boxing champion.
14  The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival.
15  The reigning champion will defend her title tonight.