How to Use the only game in town in a Sentence

the only game in town

noun phrase

• For certain wavelength regimes, this will be the only game in town.
  — Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
• Grainge grew up in an industry in which labels were the only game in town.
  — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
• But until somebody else builds a counter-system, which no one has yet, that’s the only game in town.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
• Once the only game in town, Stop & Shop’s dominance is under siege.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
• Despite several storms that tracked offshore to the east of the Mid-Atlantic, which are often favorable for some snow, rain has been the only game in town.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• Thus far, the only game in town is a hefty shower turning thunderstorm over the immediate area.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 2 July 2023
• And through it all, the Taiwanese commitment to democracy has never been stronger: the people of Taiwan know that democracy is the lasting path and the only game in town.
  — Tsai Ing-Wen, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2021
• But its version of startup capitalism isn’t the only game in town anymore.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune Asia, 30 June 2024
• For actors and directors, spandex spectacle is the only game in town.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• But a proliferation of festivals in the region has turned BBR from the only game in town to one of many events grasping for an ever-fractured market.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2024
• That is because El Niño isn’t the only game in town; other natural climate cycles and local influences also play a role.
  — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
• Related Stories The celebration of all things midcentury isn’t the only game in town.
  — Abigail Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2024
• For many Palestinians who distrust Abbas and revile Israel’s recent actions, Hamas is becoming the only game in town.
  — Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
• But ultimately Apple has made an enormous amount of money off of taking a pretty decent-sized cut from mobile developers as kind of the only game in town.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 9 May 2023
• As a result, for students seeking real-world companionship and belonging, protest has increasingly become the only game in town.
  — Frederick M. Hess, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024