How to Use undercard in a Sentence

undercard

noun
  • This joint was rockin’ and rollin’ from the first howl in the undercard.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • The undercard starts at 5:10 p.m. and will air on ESPN+.
    Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • Both Train and Fitz and the Tantrums, who played the undercard of the festival, had shorts.
    Ed Condran, Philly.com, 27 May 2018
  • Once an undercard on the track and field schedule, the 400-meter hurdles is now one of the best races at the Olympics.
    Eddie Pells, ajc, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Martin was so good, Don King put her on the undercard of Mike Tyson’s fights.
    Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The undercard begins at 9 ET on Fox Sports pay-per-view, with the main event to follow.
    Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 20 July 2019
  • The undercard for the fight will begin at roughly 8 p.m. (9 p.m. ET).
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Well, the game was the undercard for the main event, which was the retiring of former Lakers great Kobe Bryant's Nos. 8 and 24.
    Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Chloe Dream was a three-year-old gelding that ran on the Derby undercard.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 6 May 2023
  • How does an emerging artist get on the Boston Calling undercard in the first place?
    Terence Cawley, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2018
  • Freezing Point, a 3-year-old colt, was injured in a race on the Derby undercard.
    CBS News, 6 May 2023
  • But all of that was the (deep) undercard to Shaquille O’Neal’s first foray into free agency.
    Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 29 June 2019
  • The broadcast begins at 9 p.m., but the start time for the main event will depend on how the undercard progresses.
    Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2017
  • She was expected to be on the undercard of tonight's Showtime fight.
    Brandon Folsom, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2018
  • So the third debate could well have a far smaller lineup, and so far there are no plans for an undercard at all.
    Andrew Prokop, Vox, 12 June 2019
  • Diaz watched the fight from the arena and was in town for his stablemate, Chris Avila, who won on the undercard.
    Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Chloe's Dream, a 3-year-old gelding that ran on the Derby undercard, is the latest horse to have died at Churchill Downs in recent days.
    CBS News, 6 May 2023
  • These times are approximate based on how long the undercard fights and ring walks take.
    oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Even the undercard is stacked, with additional live sets planned from Boys Noize, Krewella and Ookay.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2020
  • No way an undercard, but far from the marquee matchup routine for one program.
    Tom Noie, Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Christy Martin: Her story was as compelling as her fights, and Martin had a big stage on the undercard of some of Tyson’s pay-per-view fights.
    Tim Dahlberg, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 June 2022
  • The undercard for will start at 7 p.m. ET, while the main card will start approximately 9 p.m. ET.
    Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 8 June 2019
  • There’s a really nice marathon during the Breeders’ Cup (on the undercard).
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2021
  • The marquee flashed Yankees vs. Twins, but that served as an undercard to the juicier event, a matchup between the spinmeister and the spin skeptic.
    Star Tribune, 9 June 2021
  • On the surface, maybe there is not much special about a guy whose next fight is on the undercard at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
    Jonah Dylan, courant.com, 29 June 2019
  • Holland was scheduled to face Daniel Rodriguez on the undercard.
    Greg Beacham, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
  • On the undercard of Lopez-Nakatani, we were reminded of just how dangerous a sport boxing is.
    Chris Mannix, SI.com, 22 July 2019
  • The blueprint for in-ring excellence on the grandest scale came on the undercard at WrestleMania 3.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The fights came on the undercard of a show headlined by the comeback of Austin super welterweight James Kirkland, 36, who was fighting for the first time in more than four years.
    John Whisler, ExpressNews.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Some of the races on the Kentucky Derby undercard will be televised during the coverage.
    Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 28 Apr. 2018

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