beat narrowly

Examples (10)

• He was narrowly beaten by his opponent in the final round.
• Our team managed to narrowly beat the champions with a last-minute goal.
• The incumbent candidate narrowly beat her challenger by just 500 votes.
• In a surprising upset, the rookie narrowly beat the seasoned veteran.
• She was disappointed to be narrowly beaten for the top award.
• The company narrowly beat its sales target for the fourth quarter.
• Despite a strong start, we were narrowly beaten in the semi-finals.
• The race was incredibly close; she narrowly beat the record by a tenth of a second.
• After a five-hour match, the chess grandmaster narrowly beat his young opponent.
• They fought hard and were proud to have only been narrowly beaten by the best team in the league.