How to Use gimme in a Sentence

gimme

noun
  • Stivers was right that the race should have been a GOP gimme.
    Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 11 Mar. 2018
  • For the last three years, there was no such thing as a gimme win.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Christian Pulisic scored on a gimme in the third minute.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The days of the early rounds being gimmes for the top seeds are over.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Three of the final five are at home, but none is a gimme.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2022
  • His first was a tap-in gimme at the easy par-5 second hole.
    Carl Steward, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2017
  • What has changed is that there are no more gimme games.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Hey @guskenworthy, gimme, gimme more on the slopes today!!
    Marie Simoneaux, NOLA.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • 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
  • There are no gimmes in the NFL and the Browns’ first eight games are certainly not that.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 2 July 2019
  • Not so long ago the Blue Hens were a gimme to advance to the semifinals.
    Charles Hollis, al, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The Clippers had to win this game, which looked on paper like a gimme.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Mahomes first from just off the fringe hits a beauty to gimme range, that’s a birdie.
    Riley Hamel, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
  • As well as Oregon State is playing, the Huskies are no gimme.
    oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Gimme! Gimme! Gimme – more photos from the set of the Mamma Mia sequel.
    Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 26 Aug. 2017
  • Those should be gimmes, and the Spurs have not taken advantage of them.
    Staff Report, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Only a road game at Ohio State could be a gimme during that run.
    Don Markus, baltimoresun.com, 17 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Even Njoku, who had been immune to criticism to that point, dropped a gimme.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 15 May 2017
  • Despite waiting years for the chance, the decision wasn’t a gimme.
    Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • As Colts fans know, there are very few gimme-games inside the division.
    Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Canelo Alvarez deserves a break, a gimme fight of sorts.
    Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
  • But rather than send on kicker Justin Tucker for a gimme extra-point attempt, the Ravens rolled the dice.
    Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Another gimme first-rounder from the Big Ten is Ryan Ramczyk.
    Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Halloween season was a gimme, and as soon as this story is published, the song will be out too.
    Ed Blair, Chicago Reader, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Instead, Huggins will miss the first three games next season, all of which are likely to be gimmes.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023

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