How to Use long shot in a Sentence

long shot

noun

• The horse was a long shot, but we bet on him anyway.
• She always bets on long shots at the racetrack.
• I hope to double my profits, but I know that's a long shot.
• The Tide rushed for 301 yards against the Bearcats, their best of the season by a long shot.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 9 Jan. 2022
• For the Reds, his signing now seems a long shot, though.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• Still a long shot, but UConn has put in a bid, just in case.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2022
• West Saratoga and Grand Mo the First are the long shots, each with 50-1 odds.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 May 2024
• The world is not back to normal yet, not by a long shot.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2021
• That may be something that would be a long shot, but (the league) is just good.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2024
• The Sun Devils are a very big long shot to go that course, at +9900.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
• Most of the time, 30 yards would be considered a long shot.
  — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2024
• Four plays later, McClain did it again to give the Knights at least a long shot for the win.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
• His venture is still a long shot, but then, so was Amazon when the web was the wave to ride.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Yet the effort to set aside the conviction might be a long shot.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2024
• Not my favorite by a long shot, but clearly the best Vs.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
• That’s too bad, because Andor is the best Star Wars show to date—by a long shot.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 23 Nov. 2022
• And to the fans, Chucky sends his still-undying thanks, and a message: ‘This isn’t over, not by a long shot.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 Nov. 2021
• Finding two against the United States in the cold was beyond a long shot.
  — New York Times, 27 Jan. 2022
• With 50-1 odds, his horse, a three-year-old colt named West Saratoga, is a long shot.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 May 2024
• In Due Time was second, a length in front of long shot O Captain.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 5 Mar. 2022
• But that wasn’t the end of her scholarly journey by a long shot.
  — Tao Leigh Goffe, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2021
• In the 38th, Sam Coffey fired a long shot from way outside the box that forced a diving save by Franch.
  — oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2022
• That lack of recent success has made Wie West a long shot this week.
  — Josh Dubow, Star Tribune, 2 June 2021
• While that still feels like something of a long shot, BTS might have more luck in the record of the year and song of the year categories.
  — Mike Wass, Variety, 22 Oct. 2021
• Hustle, his new movie, isn’t Uncut Gems, not by a long shot.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2022
• White is the most popular kitchen paint color by a long shot.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 9 Aug. 2023
• Arellano’s chance of early release seems to be a long shot.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2022
• He was viewed as a long shot to earn a spot on the 53-man roster for Week 1 of the regular season.
  — oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2023
• Coinbase Ventures has been the most active investor in the crypto space since 2020 — by a long shot.
  — Lucinda Shen, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
• Posen is perhaps just as much of a long shot as his predecessors.
  — Cathleen Chen, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024