How to Use the wire in a Sentence

the wire

noun

• The race, which went down to the wire, was edged out by King.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2023
• All five of our games have been close, come down to the wire.
  — Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024
• The Angels tend to always have games that go to the wire.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
• The contest went down to the wire as the Browns worked to get a lead in the final 70 seconds of the game.
  — Irie Harris, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
• Dogs can still get past the wire or someone can leave the gate open.
  — Kimberly Chin, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
• But the point is, a Biden-Trump race, or a Biden-anyone race, will be down to the wire.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
• The first game went to double overtime, the second came down to the wire.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2023
• Thread one end through the basket and twist the wire back on itself.
  — Joe Kohl-Riggs, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
• The game went down to the wire unlike countless Team USA wins.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
• Cut four or five then place them on the wire rack (see next item), wipe the knife, and cut a few more.
  — Jacalyn Carfagno, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
• Tuck the wire and boot out of the way before proceeding.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
• Down to the wire Lindskog can’t stay in his seat anymore.
  — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• Klimek: Entrants to the Vesuvius Challenge worked right down to the wire.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
• The seats were so fragmented, the wire springs poked through the leather, and the steering wheel had decades of hand sweat soaked in.
  — Carolyn Fong, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
• The game went down to the wire, with France putting up a formidable fight down to the last second.
  — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
• Sweaters, swim trunks and strands of T-shirts hang from the wires’ pointed barbs, signs of where migrants were snagged by the wire.
  — USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• Though, both of Baltimore's losses have come down to the wire, so there's that.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
• For sheer nail-biting glory, nothing beats a game of hoops that comes down to the wire.
  — Don Yaeger, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Pooley is set to be sentenced in August and faces up to 20 years in prison for each of the wire fraud counts.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
• But the unions are prepared to bargain down to the wire if necessary.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
• The electrons these electrodes give off, meanwhile, pass through the wire outside the cell.
  — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2023
• The researchers then pulled the fake fish along the wire, together and one at a time, and filmed the reaction of the damselfish.
  — Annie Roth, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Sunday's game should be another close matchup that comes down to the wire.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2023
• The Mustangs took Cherry Creek down to the wire in last year’s semifinal.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
• The design is basic, and after a month or two, the paper tubes begin to rip off the wire.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
• Mother's Day is just a few short days away -- Sunday, May 12 -- and gift-buying time is down to the wire.
  — Kelsey Chapman, ABC News, 8 May 2024
• This is coming down to the wire, with the lead traded twice already in the final 90 seconds.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 22 Feb. 2023
• Many of these races are likely to go down to the wire and nothing should be taken for granted.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
• Scrub Everything After the grates and panels have soaked, take them out and scrub them with the wire brush.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
• Blowing late-game leads had become a troubling trend for the Clippers this season, which pushed their first five games down to the wire.
  — Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024