How to Use photo finish in a Sentence

photo finish

noun

• On the East All-Stars, Jacob led his team to the near photo finish.
  — Jayna Bardahl, The Enquirer, 11 June 2021
• In the final steps, Hassan surged ahead and managed to win the heat in a photo finish.
  — Joshua Berlinger, Aditi Sangal and Adam Renton, CNN, 2 Aug. 2021
• This year marked the 150th running of the race at Churchill Downs, won this year by Mystik Dan in a photo finish.
  — The Styles Desk David Kasnic, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• Ellis ran down Mitchell in the last meter and won with a photo finish.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 9 June 2018
• But in a photo finish, Mantia, the faster sprinter of the two men, was expected to have the edge.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• Shane King won the race in 10.96 seconds in a photo finish over teammate Trevin McHargh.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2023
• In the men's sitting cross-country sprint, Andy Soule won his first gold medal in a photo finish.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2018
• The finish of the women’s 5,000 featured a near photo finish, too.
  — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 May 2021
• The last two times second off the bench saw the best races of this horse’s career -- losing a photo finish and winning.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
• Rounding the third curve, Fisher pulled ahead for a photo finish.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022
• On the last two days, was there a single event that didn’t feature either a world record or a photo finish?
  — Wired, 8 Oct. 2019
• What followed was a nit-picking, photo finish of a taste test.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
• The annual race up the highest peak in the Northeast ended in the first photo finish over the weekend.
  — USA TODAY, 18 June 2019
• Evelynn Carr has a photo finish as Wild stormed from the behind to beat Carr in the final 10 meters.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 12 Nov. 2020
• Marche Lorraine edged Dunbar Road by a nose after a photo finish in the Distaff.
  — Beth Harris, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• Tai Brown of Kentucky edges Edwards in a photo finish; both hurdlers tie the meet record.
  — oregonlive.com, 23 June 2019
• For the Paris games, Omega has added new tech in a range of sports, including the faster photo finish camera used for track and other races.
  — Ina Fried, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
• Marche Lorraine edged Dunbar Road by a nose, with the crowd anxiously waiting out the photo finish in the Distaff.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 6 Nov. 2021
• The 4-year-old gelding just missed winning on May 2 when coming up short in a photo finish to Dancing In Paris.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
• Joe Won a nostril ahead in a photo finish to complete a wire-to-wire victory.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
• Plus, the heartwarming story of a photo finish for a mother’s marathon run.
  — CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
• Even the photo finish was created for Del Mar, by a movie tech, a stop-action trigger soon adopted around the world.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
• Watch the historic photo finish race here. Stream every moment and every medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Peacock.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
• The one-of-a-kind track quickly gained a reputation for photo finishes and fun races.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 21 June 2023
• The setting is much better for a photo finish, and runners were close to the after-race party that featured food vendors and a band.
  — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2019
• Miami Columbus edged the ‘Noles by two hundredths of a second in a photo finish.
  — Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2022
• His 100 victory came in a photo finish by one-hundredth of a second for the fastest time in Maryland this season.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
• With only days left, the Hayes-Logan race for Congress is getting tighter in a dead heat that is expected to be a photo finish.
  — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2022
• After their photo finish Hussein and Ikangaa were determined to break the world record in 1990.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• The 19-year-old from Columbus nearly overtook Germany (gold) and Italy (silver) in a photo finish.
  — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 22 May 2019

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024