Runner-up Definition

Runner-up Sentence Examples

• I didn't even expect to be a runner-up, so I was just speechless when I won first prize.

• He was originally the runner-up in Survivor Australia and returned to play in the first Survivor All-Stars season, where he was the 5th person voted out.

• Then, during the After the Final Rose special, Mesnick broke up with Rycroft and asked runner-up Molly Melaney if she would give him another chance.

• Exit interviews for the two runner-up contestants were posted, as well a clip of final thoughts from the winner - but the finale hadn't yet aired.

• He gave his final rose to Melissa Rycroft, but during the After the Final Rose follow-up show, he broke up with Melissa and went back to his runner-up, Molly.