How to Use wide-open in a Sentence
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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 -
Ritchie was wide-open at the far post and Josh Manson found him for a quick 1-0 lead.
— Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 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 -
In what seems like prodigious heat for the Arctic, the taps here are all wide-open.
— Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024 -
Bo Nix gets out of the pocket and finds a wide-open Javonte Williams, who takes off for a 34-yard gain.
— Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024 -
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 -
That included missing a wide-open man on a would-be TD down the middle of the field.
— Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 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 -
But Ward found a wide-open Xavier Restrepo for a 77-yard completion to the Cal 15, and the die was cast.
— Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
Johnston was running into wide-open field on a drag route but couldn’t make the play.
— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024 -
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 -
This year, Phoenix is sixth overall in wide-open threes attempted (21.6 per game).
— Shane Young, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 -
Achiuwa, caught in between the two, concedes a wide-open corner look for Beasley’s second of seven made 3s on 10 attempts off the bench.
— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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