How to Use botch in a Sentence

botch

1 of 2 verb

• The store botched the order—I received only half the books I paid for.
• They clearly botched the investigation.
• But, of course, the two sides managed to botch the talks.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 5 Mar. 2021
• What are the chances the Ham & Eggers botch the Midway project?
  — Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
• The 49ers head coach botched the Super Bowl vs. Kansas City.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
• Pundits were quick to pronounce Pixar had botched the recipe in a rare miss.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
• Near the end, Rock even botched a key part of one joke, getting a title of a movie wrong.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
• No reason to guess fetch or batch or botch or catch at this point.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 30 June 2022
• The Lions botched downing a punt at the 1-yard line, leading to a touchback.
  — Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
• In one of the first botches of the night, Ripley and Jax botched a hurricanrana.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• The Cardinal scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to tie the score, and on the last play of the game, USC botched the snap on a field-goal attempt.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• This could prove problematic for the Warriors, who have been known to botch box-outs.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2022
• And by botching the rollout of legal pot stores, New York left a vacuum to be filled.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2024
• South Alabama botched the extra-point snap to lead 16-0, but that was about the only mistake of the first quarter.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2023
• Mikey Kane was beaned to open the bottom of the 13th and Macias — after botching two bunt attempts — moved Kane to second with a grounder to first.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2023
• Sometimes a finale just botches the job, and there’s nothing wrong with saying so.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
• Moxley botched a wide open layup that would have cut the visitor’s lead to three with just under five minutes left.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
• And his lyrics with Silverman too often wander in search of a rhyme, then, sighting one in the distance, botch it.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2022
• Before Gentry and the defense made that final stop, the offense botched two of its own two-point attempts.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• This isn’t the first time Ticketmaster has botched sales for a Taylor Swift concert.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2023
• There’s a whole ending to completely botch; the Russos are nothing if not committed to the bit.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2021
• In 2022, the state botched an attempt to execute Mr. Smith via lethal injection.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2024
• Since 2018, the state has botched four executions which have left some inmates alive and forced them to go through the entire process again at a later date.
  — Alyssa Spady, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
• History shows that teams usually botch the hiring of the head coach — just look at the turnover rate around the league — and teams that strike first don’t stand out as the success stories.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• There’s no question that the state botched the implementation.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
• Derrell Hill had a problem with a woman who had botched her ballot at the polling place and had also received a mail-in ballot.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2024
• Keep scrolling The feds just botched financial aid data for roughly 200K students.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
• The game’s first score came in the third quarter after the wind helped botch a Norwell punt snap, rolling the ball into the end zone, where Ethan Campbell fell on it and wrestled it away just a yard short of the back line.
  — Steven Sousa, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2021
• Alabama has botched four lethal injections since 2018, and Smith is one of two death row inmates who survived.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
• The state botched its first execution, of former inmate John Grant, by lethal injection upon its return to the schedule.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024

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botch

2 of 2 noun

• The media wanted to cheerlead the airlift and the evacuees, so criticism of the Biden admin’s botch of a withdrawal has now been muted.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 27 Sep. 2021
• There are myriad reasons why our initial public health response was such a botch.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 15 Mar. 2021
• Arkansas caught Alabama napping with an onside kick before a botch punt snap led to an easy touchdown for the Razorbacks.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 1 Oct. 2022
• People loved them, so Knedlik strapped an automobile air conditioner to a dispenser and turned the botch into a business.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2022
• Lil Tjay was shot several times during what authorities said was a botch robbery attempt early Wednesday morning (June 23).
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 June 2022
• The 1961 Cuba invasion was an epic presidential botch—and yet, Kennedy’s standing improved afterward.
  — Fredrik Logevall, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2021
• The media wanted to cheerlead the airlift and the evacuees, so criticism of the Biden admin’s botch of a withdrawal has now been muted.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 27 Sep. 2021
• There are myriad reasons why our initial public health response was such a botch.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 15 Mar. 2021
• Arkansas caught Alabama napping with an onside kick before a botch punt snap led to an easy touchdown for the Razorbacks.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 1 Oct. 2022
• People loved them, so Knedlik strapped an automobile air conditioner to a dispenser and turned the botch into a business.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2022
• Lil Tjay was shot several times during what authorities said was a botch robbery attempt early Wednesday morning (June 23).
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 June 2022
• The 1961 Cuba invasion was an epic presidential botch—and yet, Kennedy’s standing improved afterward.
  — Fredrik Logevall, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2021
• The media wanted to cheerlead the airlift and the evacuees, so criticism of the Biden admin’s botch of a withdrawal has now been muted.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 27 Sep. 2021
• There are myriad reasons why our initial public health response was such a botch.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 15 Mar. 2021
• Arkansas caught Alabama napping with an onside kick before a botch punt snap led to an easy touchdown for the Razorbacks.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 1 Oct. 2022
• People loved them, so Knedlik strapped an automobile air conditioner to a dispenser and turned the botch into a business.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2022
• Lil Tjay was shot several times during what authorities said was a botch robbery attempt early Wednesday morning (June 23).
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 June 2022
• The 1961 Cuba invasion was an epic presidential botch—and yet, Kennedy’s standing improved afterward.
  — Fredrik Logevall, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024