How to Use go down in history in a Sentence
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That trio will go down in history as one of the best ever in the NFL.
—Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2022
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That game-winning drive will go down in history as one of the all time greats.
—Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2022
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Emmert is going to go down in history as the guy who tanked the NCAA.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2022
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But this award means that his name, his legacy will go down in history.
—Essence, 16 Dec. 2021
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Smith will go down in history as a key player in these areas.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
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This is going to go down in history for these two, having our song be the first song that was playing for their first dance.
—Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 14 Feb. 2022
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Lee's achievement will go down in history as only the third holiday song to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100.
—Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
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The Games will go down in history for more than the usual record-breaking performances.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2021
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Michael Jordan will go down in history as one of the greatest basketball stars to ever play the game.
—Effie Orfanides, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
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Michael Jordan will go down in history as one of the greatest basketball stars to ever play the game.
—Effie Orfanides, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2022
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Smith will go down in history as one of the best athletes in City Section history.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
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These are some of the most creative people in the world, and these are the names that will go down in history as defining this media and moment in culture.
—Joshua Dudley, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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Anything less will go down in history as an epic failure.
—Alex Matthiessen, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
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The 2023 Super Bowl — also known as the Rihanna concert — will go down in history as one of the most talked about ever.
—Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023
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Now the chestnut colt will go down in history after earning the winner’s share of $1.86 million.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2022
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Or go down in history as the mayor who lost a charter member of the National Football League to the suburbs.
—Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2021
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Biden can go down in history as the man who, admittedly not by choice, helped Trump or the man who gave up power to save his country.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 28 June 2024
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The college football season of 2020 might go down in history as the worst to ever hit the postseason bowl game business.
—Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2022
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Verb Ghost Shampoo will easily go down in history as one of the best sulfate free shampoos for curly hairs.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 May 2022
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So this has to go down in history as a major American failure.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 18 Aug. 2021
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Their competition was a clash of rap titans that’ll go down in history.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 June 2021
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Devereaux Josephs should go down in history as the LeBron James of being wrong about student loans.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 25 June 2021
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If and when those dark days do arrive, don’t be surprised to see 2022 go down in history as the year supercars enjoyed their brightest moment in the sun.
—Basemwasef, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2022
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Hannah Dailey: Midnights will go down in history as an epic return to form.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2022
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Sure, this look might go down in history for having been accessorized with crutches.
—ELLE, 4 Apr. 2022
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Her style in the film will go down in history as the pinnacle of 1980s fashion — especially fall fashion!
—Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
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After delighting children of all ages for decades, a New Hampshire roller coaster named for a beloved reindeer will soon go down in history.
—Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
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The battle, which saw several of the drones destroyed by enemy fire, will go down in history as the first human vs. drone battle at sea … but certainly not the last.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2022
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Note that the job numbers for April were an even bigger disappointment — and Powell doesn't want to go down in history as being the Fed chair who took away stimulus too soon.
—Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 7 June 2021
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And trying to solve the world’s biggest crisis seems to have appealed to Modi’s ambitions to go down in history as one of India’s greatest leaders.
—Mujib Mashal, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2022
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