How to Use gimme in a Sentence
gimme
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Stivers was right that the race should have been a GOP gimme.
—Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 11 Mar. 2018
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For the last three years, there was no such thing as a gimme win.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021
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Christian Pulisic scored on a gimme in the third minute.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2022
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The days of the early rounds being gimmes for the top seeds are over.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
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Three of the final five are at home, but none is a gimme.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2022
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His first was a tap-in gimme at the easy par-5 second hole.
—Carl Steward, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2017
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In short, there are no obvious gimmes the rest of the way.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
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What has changed is that there are no more gimme games.
—Michelle Gardner, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2021
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What has changed is that there are no more gimme games.
—Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2021
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Hey @guskenworthy, gimme, gimme more on the slopes today!!
—Marie Simoneaux, NOLA.com, 17 Feb. 2018
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No game is a gimme in the NFL, but the Browns should be favored in all of those games.
—Dan Labbe, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2020
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There are no gimmes in the NFL and the Browns’ first eight games are certainly not that.
—Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 2 July 2019
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That seems to me like a gimme for any president to go and do that.
—Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Not so long ago the Blue Hens were a gimme to advance to the semifinals.
—Charles Hollis, al, 30 Apr. 2021
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The Clippers had to win this game, which looked on paper like a gimme.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
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Mahomes first from just off the fringe hits a beauty to gimme range, that’s a birdie.
—Riley Hamel, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
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And once the Bruins get through that gauntlet, there isn’t a gimme left on the schedule.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 14 Sep. 2024
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As well as Oregon State is playing, the Huskies are no gimme.
—oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2021
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He’s helped out by Pavel Buchnevich, who fires a chest-high gimme to set up the catch-and-release.
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Gimme! Gimme! Gimme – more photos from the set of the Mamma Mia sequel.
—Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 26 Aug. 2017
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Those should be gimmes, and the Spurs have not taken advantage of them.
—Staff Report, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Jan. 2018
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Only a road game at Ohio State could be a gimme during that run.
—Don Markus, baltimoresun.com, 17 Aug. 2017
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The ball climbed up a ridge on the green and stopped 2 feet short of the flag, leaving Woods with a gimme that put him in red numbers for the first time.
—Paul Newberry, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2022
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Boise State doesn’t have a gimme left, and Nevada plays three of five on the road, where it’s been so-so this season.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
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Even Njoku, who had been immune to criticism to that point, dropped a gimme.
—Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 15 May 2017
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Despite waiting years for the chance, the decision wasn’t a gimme.
—Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2022
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Then in the second half, after Ebron dropped a strike from Brissett in the end zone, Vinatieri missed what should have been a gimme -- a 29-yarder.
—Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 8 Sep. 2019
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This sounds like such a gimme, but honestly the networks should do an event like this, like, once a week.
—Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2020
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Bodies moved with it, leading to open 3s and gimme 2s around the rim for active teammates.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2023
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The new-look roster had a lot of jump in the scoreless first period and the Lightning looked like a team that thought the game was going to be a gimme.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
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