How to Use clincher in a Sentence

clincher

noun

• In the clincher the Dodgers trailed 3-2 in the sixth, when Kiké Hernández tied the game with a homer.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
• In the clincher the Dodgers trailed 3-2 in the sixth when Kiké Hernández tied the score with a homer.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
• Mobley thought Allen would be the one to can the clincher.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2022
• Arroyo gets the bunt down and the Sox won the clincher with a walkoff sac fly.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2021
• But the real clincher is the lack of grout lines, which makes cleanup a cinch.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2022
• Greene’s first trip to the island, in August 2015, was the clincher.
  — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
• Georgia scored the most points in the first quarter of a CFP clincher with 17.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2023
• The clincher was Johnson's last 3, an end-of-clock straight-ahead look from a post kick.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Feb. 2022
• Joe Musgrove and the San Diego bullpen allowed one hit against the Mets in the wild-card round clincher.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 19 Oct. 2022
• Young bowed during the clincher to the New York crowd that had jeered him in every game.
  — Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
• Terance Mann, who scored 39 points in the clincher against Utah, had just five.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
• The real clincher, though, is the handful of pine nuts scattered over the top.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
• Beyond her music, the clincher was the artist standing there who was ready to take on the world.
  — Dan Heching, CNN, 29 July 2023
• The clincher for us, though, was the free 4G Wi-Fi on tablets and all the positive reviews.
  — Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2021
• Philly, however, won the game and then the series clincher for a 3-0 sweep.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2021
• Burdette allowed one walk and seven hits in the clincher for the 5-0 win.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2021
• The trio, as has been the case for much of the season, patrolled the Camden Yards grass in Sunday’s clincher.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2023
• Every clincher since has been on the road or at a neutral site.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 7 July 2021
• But the clincher came near the end of their meeting as Jill was preparing to leave.
  — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2022
• The Braves never looked back after that en route to the World Series clincher.
  — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021
• Uihlein failed to birdie No. 17, though, so Creel’s birdie became the clincher.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2021
• The clincher — the soul killer — came with six minutes left, and the team that had struggled on the offensive boards grabbed three in a row.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
• Remember the guy who scored 39 in the second-round clincher against Utah?
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2021
• Steve Blass, who won the clincher for the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates, went on to have a long career in the team’s broadcast booth.
  — New York Times, 3 Nov. 2021
• The clincher, though, is the foldable arm that the gun easily clicks into.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2022
• Schmid was pulled in Game 6 vs. the Rangers before responding with a 31-save effort in the clincher.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• Sure, all the big companies do, that’s obvious—but it’s so much more, and that’s the clincher.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• The snap went out of the endzone to result in two points and the eventual game clincher for the Yellow Jackets (4-2).
  — Buddy Collings, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2021
• Los Angeles broke open the clincher with a sixth-run fourth inning to take an 8-0 lead.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
• There was a three-run homer in the Super Regional clincher.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 19 July 2022

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