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• Three contestants will win awards, but the last prize is just a book voucher.From the entry last
• All contestants must register for the footrace: we've arranged numbers for them all.From the entry all
• The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.From the entry lead
• John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.From the entry eliminate
• The contestant was placed in a soundproof booth so he could not receive help from the audience.From the entry soundproof
• His ineligibility as a contestant was due to his former employment by the sponsor.From the entry ineligibility
• The districtwide spelling bee had contestants from every middle school in the district.From the entry districtwide
• Since there are two contestants left in the race, either Bob will come first place and Alice second place, or vice versa.From the entry vice versa
• The best contestant shows most personality.From the entry personality
• There has never been a bald James Bond nor a hairless contestant on Love Island.2021 March 14, Michael Segalov, “It can leave your self-image fractured”, in The Guardian. From the entry bald
• Other contestants were various Mrs Santa Clauses and a Christmas tree.2016 December 29, “Golfers enjoy a hole lot of Christmas fun”, in Penarth Times, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30, column 2. From the entry Mrs Santa Claus
• Format changes range from using local judges and contestants to incorporating local dance styles into the competition.2015, Avi Santo, “Building the Franchise One Market at a Time: The Lone Ranger’s Extra-Textual Career in the Late 1930s”, in Selling the…. From the entry syndicate
• He disliked the new ruling that contestants could only buzz in after Trebek finished reading the clue.2015, David Baber, “Art Fleming”, in Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars, page 101. From the entry buzz in
• None of the contestants or stage crew were present, and the studio remained fairly quiet.2014, Julie Moffett, No Biz Like Showbiz: A Lexi Carmichael Mystery, →ISBN. From the entry frankenbite
• And there's always one massive Bantersaurus Rex show-off contestant hogging Noel's attention.2014 August 23, Grace Dent, “Grace Dent on TV: When two tribes went to war all you got was Richard Osman’s first flop”, in The Independent. From the entry bantersaurus rex
• Poking underhanded fun at the contestants live on stage was absolutely inexcusable.2013, Charmaine Ross, Makeover Miracle, →ISBN. From the entry underhanded
• They stood in the doorways like contestants framed in the spangled, lightbulbed archways of a game show.2009, Lev Grossman, “The Ram”, in The Magicians, Penguin Books, →ISBN. From the entry lightbulbed
• Ladbrokes is offering 2-1 odds that contestants WILL romp in the ten-week show.2006, Martin Conboy, quoting The Sun, Tabloid Britain: Constructing a Community Through Language, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 204. From the entry romp
• John McCririck, the racing pundit and former Big Brother contestant, later described it as a Ceausescu moment.2006 January 28, Shane Hegarty, “Profile George Galloway: Cat who didn't get the cream”, in The Irish Times. From the entry Ceaușescu moment
• Nasturtiums beat out loudest reds in groundier earthings, a clash of hot orange contestants.2004, Jeremy Reed, Duck and Sally Inside. From the entry groundy
• The new crop of reality shows brings us that much closer to the contestants, warts and all.2003 January 14, Donna Freydkin, “Young and voyeuristic”, in USA Today. From the entry warts and all
• Most contestants don't need much encouragement; once they begin to compete they catch pageant fever.1984, Newsweek, volume 104, numbers 10–18, page 60. From the entry pageant fever
• Numerous contestants gathered to gluttonly gorge their alimentary canal with as many burgers as possible.1973, “Burger Bust Gathers Campus Gluttons”, in DeSoto, Memphis, Tenn.: Memphis State University, Activities section, page 58. From the entry gluttonly
• I invested in a city for the contestants.2025 December 3, NY Times DealBook Summit, 29:21, in MrBeast on Cracking the Attention Economy, spoken by Jimmy Donaldson. From the entry invest
• While the loser will be in the bottom and possibly up for elimination,” Brad Goreski explained to the contestants.2024 August 11, Jordan Robledo, “Drag Race: Here’s why Miss Fiercalicious is “furious” over latest Canada vs the World episode”, in Gay…. From the entry boots
• "Women in Singapore are so beautiful", one contestant blur-blur announced.2022 September 15, Dr Gwee Li Sui, The Leeter Spiaking Singlish Book 3: Loanwords, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry shiok
• The contestants knew if their word was incorrect or correct by looking at the red or green lights behind the spell-master.2022 March 26, “Kings Christian School participates in the Kings County Spelling Bee in 2022”, in The Sentinel, volume 2022, number 60…. From the entry spell-master
• He ultimately was selected as one of the eight contestants, his cause helped considerably by a good backstory.2020 September 11, Jim Auchmutey, “Barbecue cook-off with sweet side: Rivals bond in Netflix show in Georgia”, in The Atlanta…. From the entry grillbilly
• The spellmaster was Beaumont superintendent Maureen Latham, who who read the words and used them in sentences for the contestants.2014 January 31, Julie Farren, “Beaumont Unified holds annual Spelling Bee”, in Record Gazette, page 18, column 1. From the entry spellmaster
• In the end, only eight plucky contestants made the grade.2009 March 19, Margaret Wente, “Please stop nannying us, Toronto!”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, page A13. From the entry make the grade
• Twenty contestants will begin the show by living with Ms.2008 March 15, Edward Wyatt, “Return From the Serious Life: Reality TV Has Paris Hilton Again”, in New York Times. From the entry friendlike
• Contestants spin a roulettelike wheel that determines how much money they can win (or, sometimes, lose) on a particular turn.2001, Ted Koppel, Off Camera: Private Thoughts Made Public. From the entry roulettelike
• It is only on these that the contestant can step outside the ring and not be deemed to have lost.2000, Tony Allan, Realm of the Rising Sun: Japanese Myth, page 51. From the entry toku-dawara
• All of you contestants keep topping the others in obnoxiosity.1996 September 14, JMingo, “Contest: Predict the Next Obnoxious Persona”, in misc.writing (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Jan…. From the entry obnoxiosity
• It was the first contest to employ a "lock-out device": whichever contestant buzzed in first automatically shut the other out.1979, Maxene Fave, Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars, page 124. From the entry buzz in
• The eight contestants too comprised the spirit of fraternité four professional men, three gentlemen-riders and one lady amateuse.1977, Michael Clayton, Cross Country Riding, →ISBN, page 120. From the entry amateuse
• Switching on “Jeopardy,” she simultaneously, talks to her baby, pages through the paper, and outguesses the TV contestants.1972 December 5, “A Day in the Life of a Welfare Mother”, in The New York Times. From the entry outguess
• Throughout the shadefest, most contestants delivered an array of hilarious and cheeky reads, leaving the judges’ panel and live studio audience in stitches.2024 August 11, Jordan Robledo, “Drag Race: Here’s why Miss Fiercalicious is “furious” over latest Canada vs the World episode”, in Gay…. From the entry shadefest
• In the notorious Bingate incident during series five, contestant Iain was shown throwing away his Baked Alaska because it had not fully set.2020, Patrick Barwise, Peter York, The War Against the BBC. From the entry Bingate
• Every other show on TV has a guest panel of comics, so why can’t a drag queen tell the latest Apprentice contestant: “You’re fired”?2014 October 27, Michael Twaits, “How can we make cabaret a sustainable career in the performing arts?”, in The Guardian. From the entry chicken and egg

Meaning of contestant

1. noun A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.
2. noun One who brings a legal challenge (such as a will, verdict, or decision).

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Questions about contestant in a sentence

How do you use contestant in a sentence?

Contestant is used as a noun. For example: “Three contestants will win awards, but the last prize is just a book voucher.”

What is a short sentence with contestant?

“The best contestant shows most personality.”

What does contestant mean?

Contestant means a participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.