How to Use down-to-the-wire in a Sentence

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• That figures to make for some low scores and maybe a down-to-the-wire finish.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2023
• The Chiefs and Lions advanced with tough, down-to-the-wire victories on Sunday.
  — Rob Maaddi, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
• The down-to-the-wire game ended when Wildcats quarterback Jayden de Laura was stuffed inches short of a first down on a 4th-and-10 scramble in overtime.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
• In a fierce, down-to-the-wire battle with eventual winner Josef Newgarden, Grosjean lined up a couple of late runs at the leader but could never quite connect.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2023
• Pittman and company are out to find ways to reverse their fortunes in down-to-the-wire games, and a big part of that is converting on short-yardage plays and in the red zone and getting off the field more often on third and fourth downs on defense.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2023
• Jacobs is notorious for down-to-the-wire decisions, and the beauty for his 40th anniversary show was no exception.
  — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2024
• Westfield ended Carmel’s seven-year sectional title reign last year in a down-to-the-wire 59-54 sectional championship game.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2023
• Through two full rounds, these playoffs have given us down-to-the-wire finishes, big time upsets and huge individual performances.
  — The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2023
• With the country’s top high school athletes competing, the New Balance Nationals indoor track meet produces down-to-the-wire finishes and shattered personal records in nearly every event.
  — Matty Wasserman, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024