How to Use wide-open in a Sentence

wide-open

adjective
  • Nix fired a deep ball to the end zone to a wide-open Franklin.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The result is a wide-open city for those that are here.
    Ina Fried, Axios, 24 July 2024
  • Thommy crossed the ball to a wide-open Salloi at the back post.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2024
  • One play later, Stafford found a wide-open Nacua in the middle of the field.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • This is due in no small part to its wide-open 23 feet by 10 feet floor plan.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Gomez then placed a perfect pass to a wide-open Suarez for a tap-in goal at the far post.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
  • That’s more than enough to have more than a puncher’s chance in a wide-open NBA.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Adriana Leon had a wide-open chance in the center of the field in the 11th minute for the Thorns, but her shot went high.
    oregonlive, 31 May 2023
  • Simply put, the race for the title appears to be wide-open.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2023
  • In what could be a wide-open league, College Park should be among the contenders.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The wild landscape has thousands of lakes, rivers, streams, wide-open fields, and dense forests.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2024
  • That’s a more wide-open funnel for who can get into that.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Fahey found a wide-open Vance Spafford for a 33-yard score.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • His last miss came on a wide-open three-point attempt with UW clinging to a 72-71 lead.
    Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2023
  • There is no breeze coming from the wide-open window next to me but the air is clawing at the eczema on my neck.
    Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 15 July 2024
  • But with Shesterkin out of position, Burroughs tapped the puck wide of a wide-open net, which would have tied the game.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The offense clicked so well that Conway found two receivers wide-open on the second play of the game.
    Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The floors are painted white to enhance that fresh, wide-open feeling.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 19 July 2023
  • Now the focus is on winning the Oscar in what remains a wide-open race.
    Glenn Whippcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
  • But at the same time, the Celtics have generated plenty of wide-open looks.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • Instead of the big skies of Montana, though, this is the wide-open grassland of west Norfolk, just east of King’s Lynn.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Bryson Beaver with this strike to a wide-open Sean McCullough with 6 seconds left in first half.
    Ocvarsity Sports Staff, Orange County Register, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The second was a wide-open 3-pointer and the third was a fast-break dunk that served as an exclamation point for the win.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Six quick Liberty points regained the lead but Ariel Atkins drained a wide-open trey to put the Mystics up two at the 4:22 mark.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
  • The region also has what solar needs: wide-open fields.
    P.j. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
  • If that doesn’t make for a wide-open, crazy postseason, nothing will.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • With the Scouts holding for the last shot of the first half, Taiwo couldn’t pass up a wide-open 3-point try with 28 seconds remaining.
    Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Davis wanted to put wide-open space into his music the way Ravel did.
    James Kaplan, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024
  • About 15 minutes later, Leath, who wears jersey No. 13, came free in front of Webb again for a wide-open shot that Webb saved again.
    Terry Monahan feb. 25, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
  • In what is one of the more wide-open playoffs in recent Major League Baseball history, the Dodgers epitomize the relative state of parity.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024

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