How to Use shoo-in in a Sentence
shoo-in
noun-
At first blush, Gabe Evans would seem like a shoo-in for this race.
— Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 24 June 2024 -
So does that mean Williams is a shoo-in for the top spot in the upcoming draft?
— Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023 -
The 22-year-old should have been a shoo-in for admission.
— Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024 -
The choice of the award’s latest recipient proved to be a shoo-in.
— Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023 -
Thus, a horse or a person who is an easy winner is known as a shoo-in.
— Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024 -
Susie’s got people on her roster that no one was a shoo-in.
— Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023 -
Yet the 59-year-old Harris is hardly a shoo-in to replace Biden.
— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024 -
Surely if Kelce is allowed back, Swift would be a shoo-in?
— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024 -
There will be at least one goalie that doesn’t make this team that right now would be a shoo-in No. 1 for Canada.
— Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024 -
This celebrity and royal-worn sneaker brand is a shoo-in for style, class, and comfort.
— Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023 -
With numbers like that, The Lincoln Lawyer seems like a shoo-in for a season 3 renewal.
— Terri Robertson, Country Living, 3 Aug. 2023 -
If there was a contest for girls obsessed with their exes, Olivia Rodrigo would be a shoo-in for the crown.
— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2024 -
The song has garnered the most streams for Cowboy Carter thus far and could be a shoo-in for best country (or pop) duo/group performance.
— Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024 -
Bell seemed a roster shoo-in during the spring workout program as a rookie.
— Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023 -
While Biles appears to be a shoo-in for the Olympics, the four other teammates and two alternates are yet to be determined.
— Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 May 2024 -
Are John Wick 4 and Mission: Impossible 7 shoo-ins for next year?
— Vulture, 8 Mar. 2023 -
But Poker Face was also supposed to be a shoo-in for the Comedy Series list.
— Time, 12 July 2023 -
Many people believed that Gerwig and Robbie were shoo-ins.
— Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024 -
If this were Cannes, Besson’s latest would be a shoo-in for the Palm Dog, canine cinema’s highest honor.
— Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023 -
The world of Pandora is visually arresting and makes the film almost a shoo-in for the Best Visual Effects award, at least.
— Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 10 Mar. 2023 -
Voters who, by dint of geography and race, were assumed to be shoo-in Democrats were having second thoughts.
— E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 -
Twenty-three years later, the sequel seems like a shoo-in for a nom, boasting Aardman’s trademark mix of British wit and amusing stop-motion work.
— Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023 -
Whatever effect Harris may have on their passage, her presence on the ticket does not make either amendment a shoo-in.
— Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2024 -
A little more than two years ago, Argentine President Mauricio Macri looked like a shoo-in for reelection.
— Bruno Binetti, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2019 -
In 2013, for example, many observers were convinced that the hard-liner Jalili — the same man on the ballot this time and the supreme leader’s choice at the time to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president — was a shoo-in.
— Jason Rezaian, Washington Post, 27 June 2024 -
The most surprising snub, however, is definitely the White Stripes, who were thought to be a shoo-in in their first year of eligibility.
— Al Shipley, SPIN, 3 May 2023 -
By focusing on the basics, he’s created one of the best-handling driving games in recent memory–and a shoo-in for the indie GOTY shortlist.
— Matt Gardner, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 -
Koepka, of course, is a shoo-in, and Phil Mickelson and Joaquin Niemann are in excellent shape after finishing their second rounds at 4-under.
— Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023 -
Strauss should be a shoo-in, except for one thing: his early association with Oppenheimer, who has fallen out of favor with the government.
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2023 -
The district is considered a shoo-in for Republicans this November.
— Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2024
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