How to Use clincher in a Sentence

clincher

noun
  • But the clincher came from Miller.
    — Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That Cup clincher, though, was his last game for a while.
    — ABC News, 26 May 2026
  • But the real clincher is the lack of grout lines, which makes cleanup a cinch.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Every clincher since has been on the road or at a neutral site.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 7 July 2021
  • And then to find the needle and this was pretty much the clincher of this.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Then the second-year Texas coach added the clincher.
    — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The clincher here is the live music, which draws a vibrant crowd.
    — Mary Holland, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Arroyo gets the bunt down and the Sox won the clincher with a walkoff sac fly.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2021
  • The 27-year-old guard added three blocks himself in the clincher.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 2 May 2026
  • Then, his best effort came in the Game 6 clincher.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Tyrese Maxey led the Stars with nine points in the clincher.
    — Greg Beacham, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Here’s where Custer and Townes went to work and got a good look for the game-clincher.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The real clincher, of course, will have to come from Venus itself.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Hughes had two goals and an assist in the series clincher.
    — ABC News, 2 May 2026
  • The real clincher, though, is the handful of pine nuts scattered over the top.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Beyond her music, the clincher was the artist standing there who was ready to take on the world.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 29 July 2023
  • The clincher for Clark was one of his worst drives of the day on the par-5 16th.
    — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • But this year’s race could come down to the clincher – and voters’ preferences.
    — Mark Selig, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • The clincher was Johnson's last 3, an end-of-clock straight-ahead look from a post kick.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The real clincher was to stay the course by resisting the urge to color at home.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2020
  • But the clincher came near the end of their meeting as Jill was preparing to leave.
    — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2022
  • And Bestard’s clincher was an example of being in the right place at the right time.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Burdette allowed one walk and seven hits in the clincher for the 5-0 win.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Young bowed during the clincher to the New York crowd that had jeered him in every game.
    — Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
  • Celebrity Style The cute bow in the hair was the clincher of this Chloé dress for us.
    — Alice Newbold, Glamour, 18 June 2024
  • With a stranglehold on a series clincher, the fielding failed them.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Philly, however, won the game and then the series clincher for a 3-0 sweep.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2021
  • Terance Mann, who scored 39 points in the clincher against Utah, had just five.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
  • In the Game 5 clincher, the Warriors had 18 fast-break points.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 13 June 2017
  • Kim answered with a birdie on the par-five 18th, and the clincher came from John Oda.
    — Associated Press, latimes.com, 29 May 2017

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