Examples of 'runner-up' in a sentence
Meaning of "runner-up"
runner-up (noun) - the person or team that finishes in second place in a competition or contest. It is commonly used in sports and other competitive events to denote the second-best performance or outcome
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- The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first.
- Second favourite.
How to use "runner-up" in a sentence
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Yana was runner-up to miss universe this year.
Andretti would finish runner-up once again.
St runner-up at the end of the first year.
She finished as the runner-up of the season.
The runner-up did not have a promotion quota.
Charlotte was the first runner-up in the competition.
He was twice champion and twice runner-up.
She was the runner-up amongst five candidates.
This is his fourth straight runner-up performance.
You were runner-up in the regional chess competition.
This was to avoid affecting championship runner-up positions.
He was also awarded runner-up prize in this competition.
In his first season he finished as runner-up.
He was also runner-up in that event on two further occasions.
Heather settled for the runner-up position.
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She was runner-up in two doubles tournaments.
She was placed as the runner-up once again.
He was the runner-up of the top scorers in the competition.
Italy was eliminated as the runner-up of that group.
The best runner-up will qualify to promotion matches.
The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
Thompson finished third whilst McLaughlan was runner-up.
He was also a runner-up in two other tournaments.
In the following year he finished as runner-up.
He placed as the runner-up on both seasons.
She is a daughter of a pastor and beauty pageant runner-up.
Tunisia was the runner-up with eleven gold medals.
He had no wins that year but five runner-up finishes.
He has been runner-up in four other top division tournaments.
You have always been the runner-up in this pageant.
He won runner-up in the competition and signed with a manager.
The group was named runner-up in the competition.
Italic indicates that the team was state runner-up.
She also finished runner-up a further two times.
I did not mean to make you feel like some runner-up.
That year he finished as runner-up to the world champion.
The first two competitions had only winner and runner-up.
The team was runner-up the following year.
I guess we will have to give the prize to our runner-up winner.
The champion and runner-up are recognized in each grouping.
He won ten special prizes and was twice runner-up in a tournament.
He was also runner-up in the doubles tournament.
She graduated as valedictorian and runner-up homecoming queen.
Clara is the runner-up with the most number of performances.
He won two championships and two runner-up with the club.
He recorded two runner-up finishes in his first three tournaments.
He nevertheless progressed to the final round and was runner-up in the competition.
He was also runner-up at senior nationals.
It is the first time four maegashira have been runner-up in a single tournament.
Doxas was the runner-up of the second series of the show.
