How to Use slam dunk in a Sentence

slam dunk

noun

• There's no doubt that he's guilty. The case is a slam dunk.
• The vote proved to be a slam dunk for our side with a 24 to 5 win.
• If this were true, the case would be a slam dunk for the plaintiffs.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2023
• There will be many, many places where EVs are a slam dunk.
  — Tom Krisher, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2023
• Though the case was a slam dunk, a corrupt judge had let the brutes off with no jail time.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 5 Aug. 2023
• Jacksonville Not as much of a slam dunk as Trevor Lawrence last year at the top.
  — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2022
• That cold call wasn’t a slam dunk for Sonder House at first.
  — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2022
• Does that make the Buckeyes a slam dunk futures bet to go over -10.5 wins?
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 18 July 2022
• Yara and Lev feel like a slam dunk, however, even if the rest of the cast may need to be all-new.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
• The case still was not a slam dunk, Mr. Dunne acknowledged at the meeting.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 13 Mar. 2022
• The latest version is a slam dunk for a few reasons, though.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 July 2022
• Will this new business venture be a slam dunk for Oreo?
  — Joey Skladany, PEOPLE.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• The latest member of the billionaire club is a slam dunk.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 3 June 2022
• On its face, the charge had looked like a slam dunk for prosecutors.
  — Sarah Volpenhein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2021
• Sounds like a guy that’s a slam dunk to get a big contract extension, right?
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
• Some experts caution that the science behind the test isn’t a slam dunk yet.
  — Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
• The slam dunk contest, three-point contest and skills challenge will be held Feb. 18.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2023
• So how would the four-time NBA champion make his future home a slam dunk?
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, House Beautiful, 25 June 2023
• For the grand finale, Bini was able to go back to the basketball stunt and complete a slam dunk.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2021
• But the move may not be the slam dunk the Biden administration was hoping for.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
• To make matters worse, this is a quarterback draft, and there isn’t anything close to a slam dunk.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
• For some coaches, moving to neutral sites isn’t a slam dunk.
  — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2022
• Perhaps, but shopping at a wholesale club is not a slam dunk.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022
• Frost’s firing brings to a sad end to what appeared to be a slam dunk hire for Nebraska.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2022
• For city dwellers, architect lovers, chess players, or all the above, this NYC set will be a slam dunk gift.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 11 Aug. 2022
• Everybody lined up for their turn to miss a slam dunk Wednesday night.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• Kuier is the eighth player in WNBA history with a slam dunk and the first this season.
  — Dallas News, 10 June 2022
• Republicans taking the House was thought to be a slam dunk.
  — David Axelrod, CNN, 13 Nov. 2022
• The vegetable that most people think is a fruit isn’t a slam dunk in this region, which is often too hot.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
• Data that sit between those two extremes do not make for a slam dunk.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024