How to Use big-time in a Sentence

big-time

1 of 3 adjective

• That’s the reason the Pac-Something made big-time sense and still might.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
• And the first big-time superstar to leave the franchise.
  — Tim Reynolds, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
• There’s a big ol’ tank of venomous snakes that pays off big-time.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
• Like most big-time players, the pitch clock was tested in the minor leagues first.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 22 July 2023
• The tendrils of the Josh Hader trade have been big-time assets for the Brewers this year.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2023
• There’s a saying that big-time players make big-time plays in big-time games.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
• Lots of restaurants led by big-time chefs don’t run so easily right out of the gate.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
• In big-time moments, big-time players make big-time plays.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• One was to a big-time screenwriter, and the other was to a novelist.
  — Andrew Marzoni, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• But the fan base continues to long for a big-time, field-stretching burner.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• Who in their right mind thought this club was ready to push past 90 wins, even with some big-time pitching moves in the offseason?
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
• And these big-time Hollywood stars wrote checks to keep the movement going.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
• Duran has turned himself into the kind of player who can front a big-time trade.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 26 July 2023
• Joanna Gaines had a big-time celebrity crush back in the day – on David Letterman!
  — Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• Big egos, big money, big tracks, and thanks to a certain Netflix show, big-time fan growth in the United States.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
• But this season, Towns is playing for a big-time winner.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2024
• Schuyler has also taken a liking to some of the trappings of big-time college sports.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2023
• But he’s been a big-time, if unheralded, right tackle in the NFL for nearly a decade.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• The Iowa deer boasts big-time mass and those club-like drop-tines definitely add some eye appeal.
  — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2024
• The other two games are smaller and were never meant to be big-time exclusives.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• This time, Adonis has to balance his career as a big-time fighter with his life outside the ring.
  — Good Housekeeping, 16 Apr. 2023
• McCarthy raved about the latest big-time addition to the defense.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• Yes, there are jobs, big-time, good-paying varsity jobs, up for grabs in advance of the NHL season.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• And the guy who produced it was Howard Koch, who had a legitimate movie career and big-time credits.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• The Aztecs’ success under football coach Don Coryell in the 1960s fueled the notion of big-time athletics.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2023
• And reveal all the bittersweet epiphanies that come with big-time success.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• So bringing in two big-time, team-changing, game-winning players on deals with no downside is a big deal.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• Apparently not in the world of big-time college football.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2022
• The pint-size music mecca of Denton is getting a big-time national boost this week.
  — Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
• These candid stories remind viewers that flopping big-time is inevitable in life - but bouncing back stronger is possible.
  — Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024

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big-time

2 of 3 adverb

• James Marsden has a blast as a big-time actor whose surprise birthday goes awry.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023
• Last season, the Aggies relied on a lot of big-time plays to get them out of trouble as offenses were able to dust the secondary down the field.
  — Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2023
• The best active boxer from Detroit is fighting this weekend on the other side of the world because his hometown does not host big-time bouts these days.
  — Larry Lage, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2023
• Sadly, those antiquated notions no longer have a place in the landscape of big-time college sports.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• During 2020, the first year of the pandemic, spending on outdoor advertising slumped big-time when folks were home and spending far less time in their cars.
  — Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
• But Kamani Johnson punched back with a big-time motor bucket after an Anthony Black miss.
  — Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2023
• Capton and Niel are being backed by a consortium which includes Matthieu Pigasse, a big-time financier who is the third co-founder of Mediawan, among others.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
• To save his name, his business, his pride, and even his soul, Adonis—who is long retired from boxing—decides to challenge Dame in a big-time bout, and to endure the rigorous training that the return to the ring entails.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2023
• Landing big-time athletic programs that are competitive in multiple sports, not just football and basketball.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
• James Marsden has a blast as a big-time actor whose surprise birthday goes awry.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023
• Last season, the Aggies relied on a lot of big-time plays to get them out of trouble as offenses were able to dust the secondary down the field.
  — Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2023
• The best active boxer from Detroit is fighting this weekend on the other side of the world because his hometown does not host big-time bouts these days.
  — Larry Lage, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2023
• Sadly, those antiquated notions no longer have a place in the landscape of big-time college sports.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• During 2020, the first year of the pandemic, spending on outdoor advertising slumped big-time when folks were home and spending far less time in their cars.
  — Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
• But Kamani Johnson punched back with a big-time motor bucket after an Anthony Black miss.
  — Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2023
• Capton and Niel are being backed by a consortium which includes Matthieu Pigasse, a big-time financier who is the third co-founder of Mediawan, among others.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
• To save his name, his business, his pride, and even his soul, Adonis—who is long retired from boxing—decides to challenge Dame in a big-time bout, and to endure the rigorous training that the return to the ring entails.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2023
• Landing big-time athletic programs that are competitive in multiple sports, not just football and basketball.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2023

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big time

3 of 3 noun

• Don’t give up on him.’’’ The feeling paid off — big time.
  — Tom Canavan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2019
• And clearly, all the attention it's gotten so far has paid off, big time.
  — Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 25 Mar. 2019
• Having three center backs of that caliber to hold things down in front of me and get the result was big time for us.
  — Emily Olsen, Pro Soccer USA, 21 June 2018
• What was so moving at the draft, as always, was the presence of proud, emotional parents seeing their kids enter the big time.
  — Cait Oppermann, The New Yorker, 6 June 2019
• And that starts with getting lucky with these seven factors that weren't here to help last season but need to, big time, in 2018.
  — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 27 June 2018
• In an earlier era, the founders of Microsoft and Dell all hit the big time before age 30.
  — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 13 July 2018
• Trump and his supporters are big time climate change deniers, so his latest move to push against Obama’s environmental policies should surprise no one.
  — Terrell Jermaine Starr, The Root, 24 June 2018
• With the move to the club's new stadium imminent, Spurs are ready to make the leap to the big time and are preparing accordingly by looking to secure the futures of their best talents.
  — SI.com, 21 June 2018
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days This is the best chick flick for anyone who’s ever loved summer in the city and yearned for a job at a big time magazine.
  — Hannah Pasternak, SELF, 28 Aug. 2018
• Two sidewalk tables, with red umbrellas, however, ratchet up the desirability factor big time, especially since the restaurant is set back well off the road.
  — Joan Wilder, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2019
• Instead, the research suggests that artists who start out seeking connections with powerful curators, dealers and collectors within the nerve center of the art world are far more likely to hit the big time.
  — Kelly Crow, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2018
• Out of nowhere, you were just thrown into the big time.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2022
• Scotland, and the Tartan Army, is now back in the big time.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2021
• That path has taken him from the small time to now the big time, if that’s what the Utes are.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021
• The Colts struggle big time this year and the Bengals roll.
  — The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2023
• From Software hit the big time with its Souls genre of games.
  — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
• Then he was scouted for the big time: Cirque du Soleil.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2022
• Those threes were Neale’s only points of the game but came at a big time.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2022
• Maybe now, finally, the Browns are ready for the big time.
  — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020
• Maeve Egan was big time with 15 points in the second half against Marist.
  — Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2022
• More:911 calls from Brent Spence Bridge crash: 'My truck's on fire big time.
  — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2020
• But if the past year has taught me anything, it’s that plans change — big time.
  — Sumiko Wilson, refinery29.com, 6 Jan. 2021
• And like all iPhones, throwing in the extras will cost you, big time.
  — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2020
• At North Texas, that balance paid off big time in 2018.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2021
• But podcasts that hit the big time are few and far between.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• The next scene is our first big time jump—around four or so years later.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 12 Apr. 2022
• Taking a leap of faith can pay off big time, so speak your truth.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
• Brooks put his head down and made two big time runs in the first overtime to put Texas Tech in the end zone.
  — Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2022
• Labor Day is a big time of the year for vaccinations, Smoller said.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
• The former second-round pick from UCLA has struggled big time as a sophomore.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024