Examples of dark horse in a Sentence

The Democrat from Utah has gone from being a dark horse to the front-runner in the campaign for President. The movie is a dark horse for the award. He is a dark horse, but I did find out that he once played football professionally.

Recent Examples on the Web That role has followed the program into the postseason, where the ‘Cats have been a dark horse in four of the last five bowl games. — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Dec. 2021 The dark horse of the menu and a tribute to Italians everywhere, the Sicilian Classico ($8.50) is a wild-looking combination of Italian sausage, mozzarella, marinara sauce, Parmesan, oregano and black olive slices. — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Dec. 2021 The dark horse of the National Dog Show, this tubby young gun has a superheroic spirit. — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 25 Nov. 2021 All-Big Ten caliber big men, a dark horse for conference player of the year in Jaden Ivey, and multiple elite recruits to bolster an already dangerous frontcourt. By typical preseason measures, the Boilermakers should enter this season as favorites. — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2021 And, finally, don’t be surprised if Walmart WMT +0.9% becomes a dark horse potential acquirer, either. — Chris Walton, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021 The freshman briefly earned Heisman buzz before losing two of the final five games with a narrow escape at lowly-Kansas effectively ending any shot of his dark horse bid. — Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, 6 Dec. 2021 Mitchell entered the race as a favorite, against a host of former and current city council members, including dark horse Keisha Lance Bottoms, who had joined the council in 2009. — Ernie Suggs, ajc, 1 Dec. 2021 Smith’s name also figures to get some run for other jobs, perhaps even as a dark horse candidate at USC. — oregonlive, 18 Nov. 2021

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