How to Use won in a Sentence

won

noun

• The prize won by Robert Hill, 58, is the largest won on the show.
  — Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2019
• The won for just the fifth time in 21 games since the All-Star break.
  — Rob Maddi, chicagotribune.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• I’ve-a won and lost, flown and fallen, jumped and been jumped on.
  — Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
• The first five on the list either won or made the state finals.
  — Mitch Stephens, SFChronicle.com, 12 Jan. 2020
• The 8-year-old won last year’s Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint.
  — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 30 Apr. 2021
• Folks in the fintech space, med-tech, those all have their won takes on ESG.
  — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 7 Feb. 2021
• The final was a rematch of the epic 2019 U.S. Open final won by Nadal in five sets.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
• If a recent bill becomes law, the fine will go up to 10 million won and as much as a year in jail.
  — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 17 Mar. 2020
• The Angels have a won a season-high five straight and posted their first four-game sweep since 2017.
  — Joe Reedy, Star Tribune, 6 Sep. 2020
• The euro, the British pound and South Korea's won have all dropped more than 10%, while Japan's yen has plunged nearly 16%.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022
• Trust in politicians should be hard-won and quick to dissipate.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 12 Sep. 2019
• Now, in the rubble of life lessons hard-won is this one: What at first seems good for me is quite often the opposite.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 12 Feb. 2021
• The United States ends the Games with 113 medals, topping the country leaderboard for total won.
  — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 8 Aug. 2021
• West threw a heart — another chance gone — and dummy won.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2019
• The paint on some of the faces is unusually thick, suggesting that the visages are hard-won.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2019
• His wisdom feels hard won, and his decency hedged with doubts.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2019
• Hedge funds have been selling currencies such as the Thai baht and the South Korean won.
  — Julia-Ambra Verlaine, WSJ, 24 May 2022
• Moms for Liberty endorsed candidates for eight of the seats, and five won.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
• Prior to winning gold in the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, the U.S. women's national ice hockey team fought for equal pay and won.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2022
• The breeding and selling of the animals could would be punishable by two years in prison or a fine of 20 million won.
  — John Yoon, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2024
• Had Arsenal won and finished fourth, then Spurs would have missed out on the Champions League.
  — Steve Price, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• Wagyu beef is used in the Boathouse burger and the appetizer sliders, while the bison short rib shows up as an entree and in won tons.
  — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2019
• But for now the evidence keeps mounting, right there in the won-loss record: with this team, in this season, the obstacles have not mattered.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2019
• Anyway, here are the top late-night moments from the first, truly chaotic week of twenty-twenty-won.
  — Chris Murphy, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2021
• Ehlinger answered with a Heisman-worthy drive of his won to set up Dicker’s game-winning kick.
  — Nick Moyle, Houston Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2019
• Boyer’s book, ambitious in scope, is honed to a precision that feels hard-won.
  — Lidija Haas, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• That’s a huge increase from a decade ago, when a handful of Latinas sought local office and only two won.
  — Gabriel San Románstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2022
• Anna Leigh added the won’s singles crown by taking out Catherine Parenteau in two games.
  — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2022
• Earlier in the day, the Stars’ scouting report on the Red Wings said that either the winger or center will cut to the middle on a won faceoff in the neutral zone.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 15 Jan. 2020
• Meanwhile, the Fed has increased borrowing costs four times this year, increasing the gap between interest rates in the two countries and putting pressure on the won.
  — Frances Yoon, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024