How to Use slam dunk in a Sentence

slam dunk

noun
  • There's no doubt that he's guilty. The case is a slam dunk.
  • The vote proved to be a slam dunk for our side with a 24 to 5 win.
  • The 7-feet-4-inch teen has been able to slam dunk since the age of 13.
    — Melanie Dadourian, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2018
  • This one is even more of a slam dunk than the Colts job.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2018
  • During the time the players are on the court, slam dunk.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • If this were true, the case would be a slam dunk for the plaintiffs.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Kate Bosworth and Justin Long's date night was a slam dunk!
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The last slam dunk came with just under a minute to play.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
  • My belief at the time was … that this is gonna be a slam dunk.
    — James Brown, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2017
  • There will be many, many places where EVs are a slam dunk.
    — Tom Krisher, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2023
  • This isn't a slam dunk, but the Ravens have to win out and the Browns aren't going to be the team to stop them.
    — The Baltimore Sun, baltimoresun.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Galluzzo added that the tape didn’t have to be a slam dunk for the case to work.
    — Leon Neyfakh, Slate Magazine, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The 6-foot-3 Smith finished third in the league's slam dunk contest.
    — Peter Dawson, star-telegram, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Please explain to me why Bowen Byram isn’t a slam dunk for the Hawks at No.
    — Jimmy Greenfield, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2019
  • Though the case was a slam dunk, a corrupt judge had let the brutes off with no jail time.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 5 Aug. 2023
  • But Skydance, to me, didn’t feel like some sort of slam dunk.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • Jacksonville Not as much of a slam dunk as Trevor Lawrence last year at the top.
    — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The approval wasn’t a slam dunk, winning on a 4-3 vote.
    — Joe Sneve, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2018
  • That cold call wasn’t a slam dunk for Sonder House at first.
    — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2022
  • And aside from the obvious paper trail, the group seems to have a slam dunk of a case.
    — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 19 Oct. 2017
  • But the decision by Finch to put Reid in that spot was not a slam dunk.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • On a first look, its new apps appear slick but aren’t a slam dunk.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019
  • This should be a slam dunk for the Biden transition team.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Tales meant that its green light was anything but a slam dunk.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Even at the slam dunk competition.
    — Kevin Sherrington feb. 10, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • At the time, the move wasn’t immediately obvious as a slam dunk.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • From gumbo to Mardi Gras wings, kicking up your game-day menu with a little spice is a slam dunk.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Ugg shoes are a slam dunk gift—the Scuffette II style in particular.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The products were such a slam dunk that the hair care brand has introduced more formats to meet customers where their damage is at.
    — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Still, the case for measles’ continuous transmission can’t yet be considered a slam dunk.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026

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