How to Use mulligan in a Sentence

mulligan

noun

• This is despite the fact that trade deficits are a mulligan.
  — Noah C. Gould, National Review, 11 Oct. 2021
• Pro days past often served as a mulligan for a poor showing at the combine.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
• The Saints gave Rivera a mulligan by calling a timeout before Michael Palardy got off his punt.
  — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 24 Sep. 2017
• Dear Unsure: Yes. Chill! Embrace the concept of the mulligan.
  — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2017
• Some people get a mulligan, and some people deserve a whole hell of a lot more time than 15 seconds.
  — Robert Bateman, Esquire, 22 Sep. 2014
• In the parlance of the game, Trump takes floating mulligans, usually more than one during a round.
  — Charles Curtis, For The Win, 30 Jan. 2018
• Daughter, Lily, an eight-year old, took a mulligan on that 11th hole when her first putt didn’t result in the ball finding water.
  — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• There were adjustments made for the long day, even though the golfers all said mulligans were not allowed and few gimme putts permitted.
  — Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2018
• If passing on Mahomes was like a tee shot into the woods, how about the ensuing mulligan?
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021
• When taking a mulligan, show your hand to your opponent and shuffle it back into the deck.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
• Player, who jokingly asked for a mulligan at age 81, drilled one down the middle.
  — Doug Ferguson, The Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2017
• The Celtics considered the Toronto game their mulligan.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2021
• But Zimmer has enough of a track record and history that he can be allowed a mulligan and a teachable moment.
  — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 14 Sep. 2020
• Lester deserves a mulligan, while Rizzo deserves a tip of the cap for coming through for his hometown of Parkland.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• Night of trivia with a twist, bonus rounds of physical fun, mulligans, prizes, great beer, spirit pull, music and food trucks.
  — The Courier-Journal, 14 Sep. 2017
• Mulligan took his first true mulligan at a course in Canada.
  — Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, 16 Sep. 2020
• That means his entire lifetime wasn’t worth one mulligan.
  — Carolyn Hax, idahostatesman, 19 Mar. 2018
• Known for taking mulligans, or friendly do-over shots, his second attempt landed in the same spot.
  — CNN, 26 Oct. 2017
• After the brutal loss at Georgia, Nix is playing like this season is a mulligan.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 20 Oct. 2020
• If Zuerlein deserves a mulligan for last season, so does Cowboys punter Chris Jones.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2020
• Kent State was only 16-16 on the year, but the tournament is a magnificent mulligan for the Golden Flashes.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• Contestants can also take a mulligan now and keep their streak alive after one hitless day.
  — New York Times, 15 Aug. 2021
• Card draw is incredibly important, and the lack of a proper mulligan rule is a bit shocking.
  — Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2019
• Gust was a bit emotional but mainly drained from walking 54 holes over three days in early August with no mulligans or gimmes.
  — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2019
• Needing a mulligan: Dodgers starter Yu Darvish just didn’t have his best stuff – or any stuff, for that matter – lasting just 1 2/3 innings in the shortest start of his major league career.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2017
• While Newgarden did climb into second place — 33 points back of Dixon — Iowa was almost like a mulligan for the championship field.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2018
• It’s not every day that a legal online sportsbook hands out a mulligan to bettors who wager on any game or player prop.
  — Xl Media, cleveland, 2 July 2022
• That was enough for O’Brien to receive a mulligan after this year’s disastrous 4-12 campaign.
  — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2018
• Jones, who dealt with what the Patriots called back spasms after the Dolphins loss and then missed a day of practice while feeling under the weather, probably deserves a mulligan for this past week.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2022
• In the second half, especially, the Bengals sideline was in a state of disbelief when the Chiefs were given a mulligan on a third-down play because an official tried to stop play before the snap.
  — Andrew Joseph, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2023

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