How to Use winner's circle in a Sentence

winner's circle

noun
  • The jockey and horse approached the winner's circle.
  • From being nearly buried alive to the winner's circle in the span of 12 days, it's been quite the ride for Mr Changue.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 24 July 2019
  • See you in the winner's circle: For Newgarden, the win was his third in his past four tries at Barber and win No.
    Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Michael Barisone, 58, spent a lifetime standing proud in the winner's circle.
    CBS News, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Wes Ward figures to have her ready for her 4-year-old debut and she like a good bet to get back to the winner's circle in this one at short odds.
    Mike Battaglia, The Courier-Journal, 13 Apr. 2018
  • In the winner's circle, Power could not contain his glee.
    Jenna Fryer, Houston Chronicle, 27 May 2018
  • Now, Julia talks about her proudest moment, and reveals the two wrong moves that may have kept her out of the winner's circle.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • McLaren's car was declared the victor and Miles the second-place driver — hee and his car were denied entry to the winner's circle.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Despite leaving the field limping just before halftime, Mahomes returned to the field to lead the Chiefs back to the winner's circle.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The quartet is no stranger to the winner's circle having teamed as the Van-tastic Four in winning a mother/son race in Delray Beach in 2016.
    Gary Curreri, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Dec. 2017
  • Finally, Carlos and Shawn share thoughts on the Tigers, who may be next in line in proverbial winner's circle in Michigan.
    Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2021
  • But whether or not the chestnut horse draped in WinStar Farm silks runs his way into the winner's circle, make no mistake – this was a team effort.
    Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 29 May 2018
  • During the wait, both horses walked in circles as the rain picked up and the two large groups crowded in a winner's circle too small for both and sprung umbrellas to try to stay dry.
    John Cherwa, latimes.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Mattson, of Prior Lake, waved about a dozen friends into the winner's circle to pose with Elusive Amelia following her 3/4-length score in the first race.
    Rachel Blount, Star Tribune, 18 May 2021
  • Hasn't visited the winner's circle in almost two years.
    Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
  • When fans roared at him in appreciation on the way back to the winner's circle, Smith calmly point to Justify.
    Tom Canavan, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2018
  • Watching at home is also the best way to see the final Indy 500 tradition of the weekend: watching the elated winner take a slug of milk in the winner's circle.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 25 May 2019
  • Riders were also able to walk their horses through the starting gate and pose and take pictures in Pimlico's winner's circle.
    baltimoresun.com, 8 July 2018
  • And while the racing at 1.5-mile tracks has been closer this year, Simendinger was also mindful of his track's pedigree for champions showing up in the winner's circle.
    Jason Hoffman, Cincinnati.com, 12 June 2019
  • This week's on-screen look during the Top 24 performances, though, may have officially ascended to the winner's circle.
    Blair Donovan, Country Living, 30 Apr. 2019
  • Others were expected to adorn the Churchill Downs bugler's entrance near the winner's circle presentation area.
    Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2018
  • The celebration was somewhat muted as the RLL team had a socially distanced winner's circle.
    Star Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
  • All residents are treated equally here, from those that never made it inside the winner's circle, to some of racing's most celebrated steeds.
    CBS News, 16 May 2021
  • But Cavonnier and his owners made one of the least probable comebacks, and after a long regimen of experimental equine medicine and old-school hillside gallops the horse came back to the track and the winner's circle two years later.
    Eric Banks, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2013
  • Mississippi native Todd Tilghman, 42, went from being the first audition aired to the winner's circle on Shelton's team, marking Blake's seventh win as a coach with the oldest winner in the show's history.
    Wandera Hussein, Billboard, 20 May 2020
  • Another former champion, Jordan Spieth, who returned to the winner's circle last week with his first victory in close to four years, rallied on the back nine after a triple bogey on the ninth to finish on one-under.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Gabby Thomas enjoyed the winner's circle after championing the women's 300 meter.
    Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
  • But two weeks after spending a glorious evening in that winner's circle, the Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer is dogged by questions following a positive drugs test in his most recent winner.
    Steve Almasy, CNN, 15 May 2021
  • Everton meanwhile returned to the winner's circle on Wednesday night, beating Leicester 2-1 at Goodison Park.
    SI.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The horse that ran the track fastest, Maximum Security, was disqualified for impeding another horse, resulting in the second-place finisher, Country House, being moved up to the winner's circle.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 9 Feb. 2022

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