How to Use championship in a Sentence

championship

noun
  • The team hasn't won a championship in 30 years.
  • The Aces brought back their championship team and have raced to the league’s best record.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Mendez had won the 138 championship the last two years.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In the state championship, the Saints allowed three points.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Jackson has been hurt at the end of the past two seasons, and the Ravens haven’t reached the AFC championship game with him.
    Noah Trister, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Tyler McGhie won the E-Trade men’s 3-point championship.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The semifinals are set for March 2 and the championship game will be March 8.
    Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The 2021 drivers’ championship was decided on the last lap of the last race.
    K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2022
  • And the health of a team’s feet can end up being the one thing standing between them and a championship.
    Philip Anloague, Fortune Well, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The Yankees have the most championships of any major league team.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Yes, because there hasn’t been a championship or a missing piece added to the core.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 July 2024
  • Nearly half of those championships have been claimed by one of two teams.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The loss effectively knocks the team out of the Big Ten championship.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The Yankees have clinched eight of those championships.
    Annette Choi, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The Seminoles make the 340-mile round trip for a game featuring the past two Class 8A state championship teams.
    Buddy Collings and Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Ward didn't play in the championship game, after breaking his leg late in the season.
    Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The track also marks the 10th anniversary of the game’s world championship anthems.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Oregon’s season came to an end after the third round of the NCAA men’s golf championship.
    oregonlive, 29 May 2023
  • Chihuahua will face the San Diego Sockers — the host team for the final matches of the year — in the championship series.
    Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
  • This was a roster built to win a second championship in three years.
    Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 18 May 2024
  • The first round of the Cincinnati Favorite Beer championship starts today.
    Carl Weiser, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The Cyclones then went on to win the Kelly Cup, which is the third championship in team history.
    Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 12 May 2023
  • Vegas leads the series 3-1 and can win the NHL championship on home ice Tuesday night.
    Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2023
  • Gronkowski, Amendola and Edelman were a part of the championship team in 2017.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 17 Nov. 2022
  • In their third straight visit to a championship game, the Vikings chose the victorious path once again.
    Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023
  • Just two road trip spots remain in contention for the championship round.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2024
  • The Hall of Fame player also won a championship ring with the Miami Heat.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • And his worst: The 2003 national championship game loss against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
    Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Luis broke Chris Mullin’s 1985 school record for Big East championship game scoring.
    Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Down two of its top frontcourt players and defenders, Duke endured three straight slugfests to complete its first outright sweep of the ACC’s regular-season and tournament championships since 2006.
    Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025

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