How to Use clinch in a Sentence

clinch

1 of 2 verb

• If they win tonight's game they'll clinch the pennant.
• The new evidence clinches the case.
• Her work on the project should clinch her a promotion.
• His home run clinched the victory.
• The photos of the city have clinched it for me. I have to visit Prague.
• The Phillies have clinched a wild-card spot and the No. 4 seed.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• The win clinched a second straight Coastal League title for the Knights (7-3, 6-0).
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2023
• The win clinched the league title for La Jolla (6-2, 3-0).
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
• Jordan Love came through against the Bears to clinch Green Bay's playoff berth.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
• Not letting the odds get him down, del Potro clinched on, fought and managed to push the reigning champ to five sets.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
• Pagel retired the side with no runners to clinch the title.
  — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2023
• The Phillies went on to win the game against the New York Mets 5-2, bringing the team one step closer to clinching a wild card berth in the playoffs.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
• But the 2023 Phillies, who stand to clinch the National League title tonight?
  — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
• The Lakers have already clinched a spot in the play-in tournament, but are looking to move up out of the play-in.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
• But John Havlicek was the one that made a play for the ages, stealing a 76ers inbounds pass in the final seconds that clinched the game for the Celtics.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
• Wednesday clinched their fifth series sweep in that stretch.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• Biden went on to effectively clinch the race in the March 17 primaries.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2023
• The Pirates built a healthy lead in the first three legs of the 400-yard freestyle relay, and Nick Jones widened the gap on the anchor leg to clinch his team’s victory.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023
• The Heat will clinch the head-to-head tiebreaker against the 76ers with a win over Philadelphia on Thursday.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
• This victory marked Rosalía as the first female artist to clinch the album of the year award twice as a lead artist.
  — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Nov. 2023
• Miami had to scratch and claw its way at the end of the year to clinch a spot but failed to move onto the division series.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
• The pass was picked off by Luka Doncic and Irving later clinched it with free throws.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• Maybe a co-ed team will clinch a championship trophy next year.
  — Melissah Yang, refinery29.com, 3 Oct. 2023
• Westminster pounded out 16 hits, scoring two runs in the first inning, four in the third, two in the fourth and clinched the run-rule win with four more runs in the fifth.
  — Mike Perrin | , al, 13 Apr. 2023
• Then, Pavon walked off with a clinching birdie and group-mate Nicolai Hojgaard sneaked past Knapp with a birdie of his own.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• Perhaps a clinching factor was that Woods was going to play.
  — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
• This lined up the perfect finish for Rey, who threw himself on top of Escobar to clinch the win.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
• Brown and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made two free throws each to put the game out of reach and clinch the title for Denver.
  — Time, 13 June 2023
• Having clinched, Dallas now looks to win their way to the best seeding possible.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
• In Hawaii, the Dons managed to keep their set winning streak alive by fighting off Moanalua to win the first set of the finals 33-31 before clinching the crown.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2023

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clinch

2 of 2 noun

• The referee told the boxers to break their clinch.
• The Lopes clinch at least a share of the title with a split.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
• This would be a theme for Gane, tie up the champion and clinch.
  — Nolan King, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2022
• Quinonez clinches but eats a strong right hand and left hand late.
  — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• In different ways, Aitken would have to earn the clinch of his day-long sweep.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2020
• Kianzad had some success in the clinch and opened up a cut by the eye of Avila.
  — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
• The second is a wedge shape that tapers back down toward the head; this is called a clinch nail.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2022
• Other than Biles on all four, the safest clinch choice is Lee on uneven bars.
  — David Barron, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 2021
• After a little bit at range, Wilkinson goes back to the clinch.
  — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• Oliveira’s clinch game and knees to the body also had success, as well as his boxing.
  — Nolan King, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2021
• Nguyen is more active with strikes in the clinch, landing knees and punches.
  — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• The most important knot in fishing is the improved clinch knot.
  — Amanda Monthei, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2019
• There were more clinches in the first round of that fight than in the entire Lipinets-Kondo matchup.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2017
• The fighters came together in a fourth-round clinch and the referee Mills Lane (!) pushed the men apart.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2017
• The next round, a flurry of punches from Shields prompted Kozin to wrap the champion in a clinch.
  — New York Times, 6 Feb. 2022
• Grigoryan kept his clinch, though, and another throw took it back to the ground.
  — Grant Gordon, latimes.com, 22 Apr. 2018
• In the opening round, Nunes landed a couple of bombs, which caused Spencer to go for a defensive clinch.
  — Mma Junkie, azcentral, 6 June 2020
• Font lands a hard straight right hand shortly thereafter and clinches.
  — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• Start in a staggered stance with your right foot back and your hands cupped in a clinch position at head level.
  — Jessica Fecteau, PEOPLE.com, 21 July 2017
• The last road trip of the year could feature history, a clinch and the end of postseason hopes, all at the Orioles’ expense.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 26 Sep. 2022
• Jolly worked for a clinch under a right hand from Menifield, but Menifield was able to push Jolly to the cage.
  — Grant Gordon, Glendale News-Press, 25 July 2017
• After two bloody rounds that looked largely even, Overeem staggered Hunt with a left elbow in a clinch.
  — Greg Beacham, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2017
• With about 40 seconds left in the third round, Tyson bit a chunk off Holyfield’s right ear during a clinch and spit it onto the canvas.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 27 Nov. 2019
• In the final minute of the third, Fury stunned Wilder with a shot and then escaped a clinch to land a two-punch combination that put Wilder down to his knees.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021
• With Embiid ailing, Simmons refused to take over and lead the Sixers to the brink of a series clinch.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 17 June 2021
• By then, some of the fans who’d come to see Djokovic clinch a Grand Slam had managed to loudly harass Medvedev into double faults.
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
• During the fight itself, Clay, in the clinches, said many things about white people, trying to hit me again with that Uncle Tom thing.
  — Floyd Patterson, Esquire, 5 June 2016
• Cormier was getting the best of it, using hand fighting and clinches to bloody up Miocic’s face.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 18 Aug. 2019
• My wife just spotted a photo of me on Facebook in a hot clinch with another woman.
  — Joyce Wadler, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2017
• The clinch cover embraced design excess and its roots in pulp illustration.
  — Hazlitt, 8 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024