champion

[ˈtʃæmpiən]

Definition:
1. Someone who has won first place in a competition.
2. Someone who fights for a cause.
3. A person who backs a politician or a team etc..

Use 'champion' in a sentence:

• 1. The world champion conquered yet another challenger last night.
• 2. He is a quitter who is temperamentally unsuited to remaining a champion.
• 3. The world champion has only had two defeats in 20 fights.
• 4. Foster, who is twice the world champion.
• 5. In politics, he was a champion of the underdog.
• 6. Nelson Piquet, three times world champion, was grievously injured.
• 7. The champion rallied to win the second set 6 – 3.
• 8. The champion rallied to win the second set 6–3.
• 9. Seles won 10 tournaments, and was the undisputed world champion.
• 10. She dropped only eight points in the 43-minute thrashing of the former champion.
• 11. The champion is leading by 18 seconds.
• 12. Such coolness under pressure is the mark of a champion.
• 13. Everywhere he went he was introduced as the current United States Open Champion.
• 14. This was payback time. I've proved once and for all I can become champion.
• 15. Today they take the field against county champions Essex.
• 16. A computer beat the human world champion, repeatedly.
• 17. The champion is leading (her nearest rival) by 18 seconds.
• 18. By the age of sixteen he was the junior lightweight champion of Poland.
• 19. The competition has been thrown wide open by the absence of the world champion.
• 20. She knows that becoming world champion is going to be a long haul.
• 21. He defeated the champion in three sets.
• 22. A defeat in the second round marked the end of the line for last year's champion.
• 23. A tumultuous welcome from a 2,000 strong crowd greeted the champion.
• 24. The list of past champions includes many British internationals.
• 25. He will be partnered by Ian Baker, the defending champion.
• 26. The champions came out all guns blazing.
• 27. She was earmarked early as a possible champion.
• 28. He was once known as a champion of social reform.
• 29. She has won the title of the world's champion.
• 30. He has been tabbed by many people as a future champion.
• 31. The heavyweight champion will be given a shot at Holyfield's world title.
• 32. The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival.
• 33. The world champion was humbled last night in three rounds.
• 34. The Russian tennis prodigy is well on the way to becoming the youngest world champion of all time.
• 35. We're playing against the league champions next week.
• 36. Tim Powell is a former champion powerboat racer.
• 37. He has been seen as a champion of a more cautious approach to economic reform.
• 38. He has always championed the cause of gay rights.
• 39. He is defending champion.
• 40. The champion turned in a superb performance to retain her title.
• 41. Kasparov became world champion.
• 42. She was a champion of the poor all her life.
• 43. United were league champions last season.
• 44. After only one game, the chess champion had the measure of his young opponent.
• 45. His powerful serve was too much for the defending champion.
• 46. She held the title of world champion for three years.
• 47. Beating the world champions is certainly a big ask for the team.
• 48. Fans were saddened to see the former champion play so badly.
• 49. The champion was in sparkling form.