How to Use fair shake in a Sentence

fair shake

noun

• The big city slickers are sometimes snobs — yes, there are snobs in the art world — and sometimes don’t give the small places a fair shake.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Sep. 2019
• But someday those users will ask questions and demand a fair shake.
  — Nir Kaissar, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• But maybe the show, based on a story people had so many feelings about, wasn’t given a fair shake.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2022
• The two voters also disagree on whether end-title songs get a fair shake.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2018
• Sure, liberals and Democrats were never going to give him a fair shake.
  — Jay Cost, National Review, 18 Dec. 2017
• Stop taking advantage of the bettors and give them a fair shake every day.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2021
• American chicken gets a fair shake in Europe, and French brandy flows freely here.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2018
• Still, Kelley urges residents to give the new venue a fair shake before writing it off.
  — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 7 July 2021
• This gives restaurants a fair shake by allowing them a little time to find their footing.
  — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 22 July 2019
• In trials of both drugs, there were questions raised by FDA reviewers about whether warfarin got a fair shake.
  — John Fauber and Coulter Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
• Can those border agents get a fair shake from their superiors now?
  — Scott Jennings, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
• To that end, the marketing and awards team will have to beg industry voters to watch the film all season long, and there’s a good chance some of them might not give it a fair shake.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 Oct. 2022
• In other words, for every 100 juvenile fish sent to the ocean, four would have to return to fresh water and get a fair shake at spawning.
  — ProPublica, 4 June 2022
• Now the only backstop is the courts where aggrieved innovators attempt to get a fair shake.
  — Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 15 June 2022
• Justice is meant to signal a rightful balance, an evening of the scales that govern our country, or a ‘fair shake’ as white people say.
  — Chelsea Sanders, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2021
• How is he supposed to get a fair shake in Paradise when his past crappy actions made everyone hate him?
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
• How Henderson wanted assurances that his sons could have a fair shake from the police.
  — Margaret Coker, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
• The data is worth thinking about as the 2018 Winter Olympics get started: are all athletes really getting a fair shake?
  — Tamara Fuentes, Cosmopolitan, 7 Feb. 2018
• Distributor IFC Films will have to be very specific with voting groups to entice members to give the film its fair shake.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 Sep. 2021
• And voters will give it a fair shake, since leading man Joaquin Phoenix feels like a safe bet for a Best Actor nomination, at minimum.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• The productivity data present something of a muddle even if he is given a fair shake.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 6 June 2018
• There are many around the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex who feel Arroyo never got a fair shake, though he’s not taken outside criticism much to heart.
  — oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2019
• While this year's Grammys have been praised for finally giving hip-hop a fair shake, the Lorde controversy brings a lack of gender equality to the forefront.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 28 Jan. 2018
• Atlanta, when judged by almost every investment metric, gets a fair shake.
  — Veena Jetti, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• Self-esteem falls and anxiety rises when people are trying to make it in a country where they are taught as children that they may never be given a fair shake.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020
• Two politicians who spoke to IndyStar wondered whether past women candidates got a fair shake from voters.
  — Chris Sikich, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2020
• Social injustice isn’t washed away by one man’s good story, and the locks on the cells of countless minorities who did not get a fair shake were bolted as firmly shut as ever on Tuesday night.
  — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2018
• This nation deserves a legitimate commission that gives a fair shake to the evidence.
  — John Wagner, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
• In the bleachers, Gladstone parents were already on edge with a lack of holding and facemask calls throughout the game and felt their team wasn’t getting a fair shake from the officials, said Heather White, Ricky’s mother, who identifies as white.
  — Ryan Clarke | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 12 Nov. 2021
• Sharp says the process ensures that anyone can get a fair shake at a nomination because panel members are required to watch every submission.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 20 May 2021

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024