centurion

Example Sentences

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Tim Seifert whacked 52 from 26 balls but around him New Zealand lost regular wickets in pursuit of a lost cause, including Finn Allen, the Black Caps' semi-final centurion, for nine in the third over.

From BBC

“And so the law is the guardrails. So there has to be lawyers who are prepared to protect those guardrails and to stand as centurions, as I refer to us.”

From Los Angeles Times

He’s been prattling on about Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations” and sharing Facebook nonsense about centurions ever since.

From Salon

As for the centurion’s pay: This is just data mining.

From MarketWatch

Packer, a World Cup winner in 2014, is one of two Test centurions in the squad and had captained the side until this year.

From BBC