How to Use finish line in a Sentence

finish line

noun

• When Lyles hit the finish line, the gap between him and second place was three full strides.
  — Eddie Pells, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
• In this version, a mere cup of kimchi carries a whole tray of pizza across the finish line.
  — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 20 July 2022
• The champion kept running through the finish line and into the first turn.
  — Eddie Pells, ajc, 17 July 2022
• The close finish had a large Hayward crowd roaring as the runners fought for the finish line.
  — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 July 2022
• The magazine staffers’ first union contract took two years and several months to get over the finish line.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
• Just make it to the finish line unscathed, and hopefully snag some valuable Stage points there and in the other races in the round along the way.
  — Greg Engle, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• Popular on Variety Getting a first season of any show to the finish line is a lot of work.
  — Jim Halterman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
• Some players like to troll other players by grabbing them, oftentimes near tricky obstacles or right before the finish line.
  — Wired, 19 July 2022
• Now a bipartisan majority is expected to push the short-term measure over the finish line.
  — Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
• Masatora Kawano of Japan, the silver medalist, had collapsed onto the track in exhaustion after crossing the finish line.
  — oregonlive, 24 July 2022
• But his idea made it to the finish line when Sen. Gex Williams added the proposal to a different bill via a last minute floor amendment that was passed and signed into law.
  — Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
• That idea turned out to be a slow burn to the finish line.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
• The finish line is the French Riviera and a dip in the Mediterranean.
  — Everett Potter, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• Still, the record isn’t nearing the finish line just yet.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
• He was chauffeured through the course and got out at the end of the race to cross the finish line on foot.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 23 July 2023
• Starting with the jarred peppers zooms you to the finish line.
  — Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 20 Dec. 2022
• Allen has gotten deals over the finish line, of course.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024
• The daring move saw a five-wide row of cars across the start/finish line.
  — Todd Engle, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2024
• The state’s 11 electoral votes helped put Biden over the finish line.
  — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2022
• Tim Scott and Cory Booker are just not able to get it over the finish line.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
• Lucky for us, Fineman was on call to cheer us up and get us to the finish line.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
• The stands echoed with cheers as swimmers raced toward the finish line.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
• The finish line is at Bayfront Park, 301 Biscayne Blvd.
  — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• When the going gets tough, Bud can draw down on a mean streak a mile wide to push him across the finish line.
  — Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
• But due to staggering starts at the swim, Jackson was the first Alaskan to cross the finish line.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022
• GlenOak’s frontrunner, Tommy Rice, is one of the best in the state and should cross the finish line first.
  — Joe Magill, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2022
• The finish line was the original fire hall on East Main Street.
  — Steve Bowersox, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
• And because of that and more, this is not your father’s vision of the Aztecs’ finish line.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2023
• If the deal crosses the finish line, Harris and his team will have plenty to do.
  — Tom Maloney, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
• Even with Trump in the White House, the speaker will, at times, likely need Democrats to push bills across the finish line.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024