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
  • Fold the tape down on itself so that the wire is sandwiched inside.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Wrap the leafy wires around a 16-inch wreath form in a spiral, overlapping the leaves and securing the end of the wire to the form.
    Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 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
  • In a divisional showdown, the Chiefs defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 19-17 in a game that came down to the wire.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Oklahoma City lost a close game to Houston earlier in December, falling by three points in a thriller that came down to the wire.
    Nick Crain, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024

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