Examples of give the game away in a Sentence
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Instead, the Chiefs opted to give the game away — and with it, any control of its postseason fate.
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Kansas City Star, 8 Dec. 2025
The Bruins tried to give the game away on Saturday, but Jeremy Swayman refused to lose.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Yet those struggles didn't matter much against a Detroit team that seemed happy to try and give the game away.
—CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Nonetheless, the pitchers did their level best to give the game away.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Not only does the wilderness seem a bit too hot-and-cold to allow one girl to be queen for long—Lottie was the first one to take on the role, after all—but Yellowjackets also doesn't feel like the type of show to give the game away so easily.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
The interior should give the game away.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2022
The Cardinals tied a bad Lions team who tried to give the game away.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2020
Related Stories At this moment, D’Onofrio can’t give the game away, especially with Daredevil: Born Again still en route.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Kansas City Star, 8 Dec. 2025
The Bruins tried to give the game away on Saturday, but Jeremy Swayman refused to lose.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Yet those struggles didn't matter much against a Detroit team that seemed happy to try and give the game away.
—CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Nonetheless, the pitchers did their level best to give the game away.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Not only does the wilderness seem a bit too hot-and-cold to allow one girl to be queen for long—Lottie was the first one to take on the role, after all—but Yellowjackets also doesn't feel like the type of show to give the game away so easily.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
The interior should give the game away.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2022
The Cardinals tied a bad Lions team who tried to give the game away.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2020
Related Stories At this moment, D’Onofrio can’t give the game away, especially with Daredevil: Born Again still en route.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Give the game away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20the%20game%20away. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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