How to Use winning in a Sentence

winning

1 of 2 noun
  • This is why winning is worth it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t miss out on the winnings.
    — Staff Reports, Des Moines Register, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t miss out on the winnings.
    — Staff Reports, Des Moines Register, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t miss out on the winnings.
    — Staff Reports, Des Moines Register, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t miss out on the winnings.
    — Staff Reports, Des Moines Register, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Some cities tax winnings as well.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The winnings stay yours, of course.
    — Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
  • As for what the man plans to do with his winnings?
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • Ober's three-game winning streak came to an abrupt end.
    — ABC News, 30 May 2026
  • Their four-game skid came on the heels of a four-game winning streak.
    — Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The mom has since claimed her prize — and has many plans for the winnings.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The loss broke the Dukes' six-game winning streak.
    — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • His way of winning was to be the players’ friend.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The loss snapped the Rams' eight-game winning streak.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The winning will just have to be enough to offset that cost.
    — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • These will result in the most winnings, but all legs must hit.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • That should be the end of the Longhorns' five-game winning streak.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The Dow closed at a record and is on a four-week winning streak.
    — Dan Mangan,luke Fountain,kevin Breuninger,garrett Downs,ashley Capoot,justin Papp, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • Chip stocks, which ended their record winning streak this week, sold off.
    — Youkyung Lee, Bloomberg, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Waves of winning; tsunamis of losing.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Certain cities tax winnings as well.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As for what Carvey plans to do with her winnings?
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • UConn’s 54-game winning streak is over.
    — David Brandt, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Is the winning bid an outlier or are the bids all very close?
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Austin Junk drove in the winning run with a double.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The Mariners snapped their 10-game winning streak.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
  • CrowdStrike stock has been on a six-week winning streak.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 23 May 2026
  • Both indexes are set to snap a two-week winning streak.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Each profit boost is a chance to secure cash winnings.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The Jayhawks made the winning plays from there.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026

winning

2 of 2 adjective
  • She scored the winning goal.
  • They were a winning marketing team.
  • Chocolate and mint is a winning combination.
  • Pictured next to the winning horse is the happy owner of the horse.
    — CBS News, 3 June 2018
  • The actress has become a tastemaker thanks to her winning street style.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Now, our all-time winningest coach is really important and was a big part of that.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The Saints scored the winning field goal on the first possession of overtime.
    — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The winningest driver of his era will have a 19th season in the No.
    — Jenna Fryer, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Meehan coached the Judges for the past 15 seasons and is the school's all-time winningest coach.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Following the game, there will be a post-game show, where the winning class air band will perform, as well as the dance and cheer teams.
    — Emily Sorensen, Pomerado News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • One more loss would clinch the A’s fourth consecutive season with a non-winning record.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Only the now-fifth-winningest program of all-time, Temple, was missing from the slate.
    — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2018
  • But the winning side of the Babe’s life predominates in these pages and in history.
    — Katherine A. Powers, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018
  • Lane of Stone, a 3-year-old male trotter, is the winningest horse on the card this year with eight victories in nine starts.
    — Bob Roberts, cleveland.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • After Harry's team won the game, Meghan did the honors of awarding the winning team.
    — Isabel Greenberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 July 2018
  • Saunders is the son of the late Flip Saunders, who’s by far the winningest coach in club history.
    — Dave Campbell, The Seattle Times, 7 Jan. 2019
  • The winningest left-hander in White Sox history didn't have his No.
    — Kori Rumore and Chad Yoder, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The winning team takes home 50 points, which could mean a return toward the top of the standings for the Empire.
    — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2020
  • The winning team goes to the Cortex in the show hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • Four plays into the game and the Rams already had their winning points thanks to a ground game that finished with 88 yards rushing.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Maria Torres To secure their first winning road trip of the season, the Royals needed little else.
    — Maria Torres, kansascity, 27 May 2018
  • CovCath was 35-4 this season and is the winningest program in Kentucky the past five seasons.
    — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 2 May 2018
  • The Scots, a program that claims to be the winningest in Texas prep football history, had never gone 16–0.
    — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 14 June 2019
  • The winningest coach in Bryant history, Batcheller finished 77-33.
    — baltimoresun.com, 3 July 2018
  • The Chicago Bears are emerging from their October bye week with a mini-winning streak plus a surge of confidence.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Benedictine’s new football coach played for Bossu in the mid-1990s, just as Bossu retired as the state’s winningest coach.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • As player-coach of the winning team -- in a 12-6 decision -- Jones was the game's MVP.
    — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The 62-year-old Carlyle, the winningest coach in Ducks history, was in his second stint with Anaheim.
    — Joe Reedy, The Seattle Times, 11 Feb. 2019
  • Busch, a two-time winner of the Quaker State 400, is the winningest driver in the history of the speedway.
    — Jason Hoffman, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2019
  • Yeoman, the father of the Veer formation, is the winningest coach in UH football history.
    — Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle, 28 Aug. 2019

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