Examples of slam dunk in a Sentence
The vote proved to be a slam dunk for our side with a 24 to 5 win.
There's no doubt that he's guilty. The case is a slam dunk.
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March Madness is underway and Wendy's is ready to make a slam dunk.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Texas is no longer a slam dunk to make the NCAAs, to put it mildly.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
And the research on what either can do for sleep, particularly in those with run-of-the-mill insomnia, is far from a slam dunk.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 6 Mar. 2026
Netflix's basketball comedy, which dropped its first season in February 2025, was a total slam dunk, shooting straight to the top of the streamers charts.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Texas is no longer a slam dunk to make the NCAAs, to put it mildly.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
And the research on what either can do for sleep, particularly in those with run-of-the-mill insomnia, is far from a slam dunk.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 6 Mar. 2026
Netflix's basketball comedy, which dropped its first season in February 2025, was a total slam dunk, shooting straight to the top of the streamers charts.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Slam dunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slam%20dunk. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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