How to Use Goliath in a Sentence

Goliath

noun

• Just don’t try to sell him on a David vs. Goliath matchup.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2023
• This is the David and Goliath story of what happened next.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
• In the Bible, David slew Goliath in a single encounter.
  — Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2024
• Season two will chart the aftermath of the battle between David and Goliath and David’s rise to the throne.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
• The Goliath’s body length, meanwhile, can measure close to 5 inches and weigh as much as 6 ounces.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
• But this quickly became the David and Goliath match-up that the form guide predicted.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 28 July 2024
• Chestnut has been the Goliath of the contest for the previous 17 years, winning 16 times.
  — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
• Can’t wait to read the David v Goliath article later this week!
  — Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
• Season 2 will follow the aftermath of the battle between David and Goliath and David’s rise to the throne.
  — Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
• For the first time in a long time, this Manchester derby will feature two Davids and no Goliath.
  — Alex Tabet, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2024
• Cuddle Monster might have a few inches on me but like David and Goliath, this Anteater came out on top.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
• But remember, David had a slingshot and a rock, and Goliath had a pretty nasty fall.
  — Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
• The budgets behind them do not compare, but David beat Goliath and that’s a blessing in the world today.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 17 July 2023
• But with a powerful man like Lenny, my journey felt like David and Goliath.
  — Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
• Has the David versus Goliath nature of meme stocks shifted?
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 15 June 2024
• Would God one day raise up a new King, who would defeat the massive empire, just as young king David once felled Goliath?
  — Lynne Silva-Breen, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
• The team that seemed like a savior, ready to rescue bored fans from Tom Brady's clutches now has become its own Goliath.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
• Yamamoto is small in physical stature, but the Dodgers are counting on him to be a Goliath.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• All went as planned for Goliath but for one tiny, itsy-bitsy detail.
  — Judith Regan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
• And that really is first and foremost the reason David vs. Goliath became an all-time great.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
• To see this happen to a Goliath company like Apple, the maker of the best-selling watches in the worlds, is truly a feat.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2023
• Like so many massive spiders on this list, the Goliath Birdeater is an ambush predator that will lie in wait for prey to cross its path.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
• And with Goliath, their champion, now slain, the Philistines accept defeat.
  — Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2024
• Keoni started off as a member of the Dream Team during the David vs. Goliath season and is now an integral part of our creative process.
  — EW.com, 13 June 2024
• But Saleh is mindful of his David vs. Goliath battle with the city’s police department.
  — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
• Every game is being played to 40 points with no fouling out and there is a David vs. Goliath element thrown in there for good measure.
  — Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
• Abruzzo described a back-and-forth that’s not unlike a David and Goliath story, if Goliath was simply trying to run out the clock and leave David high and dry.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
• Kuo and Comer believe that technology can provide the tools for a modern-day David in a fight with some Goliath.
  — Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2023
• But, in March of 2021, the undisputed Goliath of women's college basketball, UConn, was too much.
  — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
• Looming over the plaza, street, and statue below, the Goliath extends beyond the frame of the painting, serving as a reminder that the future is yet unknown.
  — Mara Hoberman, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025