How to Use clincher in a Sentence

clincher

noun

• Here’s where Custer and Townes went to work and got a good look for the game-clincher.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 22 Mar. 2018
• Celebrity Style The cute bow in the hair was the clincher of this Chloé dress for us.
  — Alice Newbold, Glamour, 18 June 2024
• Boston went on to beat the Lakers in six games in the Finals, but the clincher was an ugly blowout.
  — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• March 10 marked the clincher, when the Spurs lost at Oklahoma City.
  — Cody McCrary, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2018
• Now, Thompson has decided to open a hotel on the D.C. riverfront—that may just be the clincher.
  — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2018
• Just before Daleman's clincher, Patrick Chan won the men's free skate against a weakened field, and with a mediocre performance.
  — Barry Wilner, chicagotribune.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• Horford played 32 minutes in Monday’s clincher, tallying nine points, nine rebounds, two assists and one steal.
  — Andrew Callahan, Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2024
• Margaux Shearer scored to keep Fenwick alive, but the stage was set for Persa, who dribbled a low roller into the right side of the net for the clincher.
  — Steve Millar, Daily Southtown, 26 Mar. 2018
• The Gentry brothers, senior Jay and junior Jaylon, finished with 23 points each in the clincher.
  — Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2018
• Here’s the clincher: In 2018, Greece’s economy is expected to grow faster than that of the EU as a whole.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2018
• 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
• The meal plan was the clincher, Te’o-Nesheim joked to Perry.
  — Les Bowen, Philly.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• 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
• The last one, a four-yard pass with 2:46 left, appeared to be the clincher.
  — Mike Lefkow, The Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2019
• Rogers scored the game-clincher with a 1-yard score with 4:45 left in the contest.
  — Robert Ladnier, al, 31 Aug. 2019
• Kevin Fiala, Wild: The winger set up the tying goal and scored the clincher in the shootout.
  — Star Tribune, 2 Apr. 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
• That 87-86 clincher over the Utah Jazz would be Jordan’s final game with the Bulls.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 June 2024
• The real clincher, of course, will have to come from Venus itself.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
• And Bestard’s clincher was an example of being in the right place at the right time.
  — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2020
• Beyond her music, the clincher was the artist standing there who was ready to take on the world.
  — Dan Heching, CNN, 29 July 2023

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024