How to Use victor in a Sentence

victor

noun
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  • In the end, hail to the victors felt like more than a song.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The vanquished slunk away, and the victor claimed the prize.
    — Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2022
  • For some people, the sky is the limit in the sense that to the victor go the spoils.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • In the end, Chester edged out Olesen as the victor of the battle.
    — USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The show searched the most in each state was declared the victor in the statewide standings.
    — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • That’s 11 times more than the $9 million spent by the victor, Karen Bass.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • As the victor, Hardin earned $5,000 and bragging rights.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The rub isn’t that no one victor came out on top; this isn’t Highlander.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Each kid back in the 1930s carried a bag, and the victor walked away with a new marble or two.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Now guests are caught in the middle of their battle and are forced to choose a path and a victor.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • The smiles go to the victors, with it being turned upside down for those on the wrong end of the scoreboard.
    — Jay Paris, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done, / From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with !
    — cleveland, 4 July 2022
  • But for tighter races, the surge of mail-in votes means voters could wait days for a victor to be named.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
  • But in the past four years, a recurring victor has arisen: A24.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The victor, who will be chosen by the end of the year, will have his or her work premiere in the 2025 season.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Tuesday’s game is a winner-take-all match, where the victor will proceed to the Round of 16 in Qatar.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The terms of the bet were the loser tattooing the phrase including the victor's name.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2021
  • But in the end, Tommy found himself as the clear victor in this battle.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
  • State law called for the flip of a coin to determine the ultimate victor.
    — Susan Haigh, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The deciding vote and poll outcome was clear; doubt was the victor.
    — Steve Brozak, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2021
  • This left Haymitch as the victor, District 12’s latest in four decades.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2024
  • Jamaica held on for the draw, and the players jumped around like victors; the French filed down the tunnel and never came back out.
    — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 28 July 2023
  • Evil always looks like the victor until the King of Kings triumphs.
    — Jamie Gangel and Zachary Cohen, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Evil always looks like the victor until the King of Kings triumphs. . . .
    — Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2022
  • And to the victor goes…some pretty anemic bragging rights.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The official leaned down on the mat, banged the floor three times, and declared Nakajima the victor.
    — Alyson Krueger Martina Tuaty, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2023
  • These aren't always the easiest flowers to grow and keep disease-free, but to the victor go the spoils.
    — Erynn Hassinger, Country Living, 22 Apr. 2023
  • More than eight months later, he was declared the victor.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The historic moment ended with the home team being crowned the victors and a final score of 3-0.
    — Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The conflict ended in a cease-fire 18 days later, with Israel the victor.
    — The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2024

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