How to Use losing/winning record in a Sentence

losing/winning record

noun
  • And by the way, the Hawks made it to the playoffs with a losing record once.
    Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
  • None of the five teams in the AL Central has a winning record.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2023
  • The Aztecs finished with a losing record for the first time since 2009.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • For the first time since the end of the 2017 season, Atlanta has a winning record.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The buzz: Team each year had a winning record with Dood as the setter.
    Tom Lang, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Last year, the team finished with a losing record for just the third time since 2000.
    Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In the Wild Card era's 31 seasons, the Pirates have had a losing record in 27 of them.
    David Faris, theweek, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The Giants have not owned a winning record since the second-to-last day of May.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
  • The Twins or Guardians could well win the division with a losing record.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • That includes six teams that had a losing record in 2022.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The Texas Rangers have a losing record and are third in their division.
    Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 14 July 2024
  • Williams: Dude, 17 of their final 20 games are against teams with a losing record.
    Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Only four teams on the schedule had a losing record in 2023.
    Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2024
  • The Angels have not posted a winning record in nine years.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The Royals hope to snap an eight-year drought without a winning record.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The Heat is the only team in that bottom five with a winning record this season.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
  • For the first time since the NFL merger a team with a losing record is favored vs. a team eight or more games over .500.
    Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The heater was enough to push Alabama’s SEC record to 16-14 for its first league winning record in nine years.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 24 May 2023
  • In Ohtani’s six seasons with the Angels, the team hasn’t even managed a winning record.
    Bruce Schoenfeld, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Last year, the Phillies were slow to get things rolling, not showing a winning record until June 11.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The floor would be a losing record/no playoffs/no team chemistry.
    Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The Rockies have not posted a winning record since then.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • In four years of pitching in the big leagues, Lively, 32, never had a winning record.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Jets also haven’t posted a winning record since 2015.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Arizona State came in with a losing record and without starter DJ Horne.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Feb. 2022
  • In the past as soon as a program improved with a winning record, the coach would get a better offer and leave.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023
  • They are now guaranteed of one thing – a losing record ... again.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The Heat is just 6-15 this season in games against teams that entered Friday with a winning record.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The Heat is 18-8 this season in games against teams currently with a losing record.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The Mets set an MLB payroll record last season and finished with a losing record.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024

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