How to Use botched in a Sentence

botched

adjective

• One was the product of a botched fair catch signal.
  — Noah White, Miami Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
• The drive stalled, and a botched punt attempt turned into a turnover on downs.
  — Dave Woodall, NOLA.com, 3 Oct. 2020
• The botched raid happened back in 2018.
  — Dave Savini, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
• The botched punt did not alone spell doom for the Hurricanes.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2022
• Riverside opened the scoring with safety on a botched punt snap.
  — cleveland, 28 Aug. 2020
• There weren’t any botched snaps or holds on anyone’s end, as the special teams unit came through big time.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
• The Browns had two second-half turnovers and a botched snap on a punt in the fourth quarter.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2021
• Teri is a small but sure Iowan, a rancher’s wife, legally blind from a botched eye surgery.
  — Adam Nemett, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
• This wasn’t a typical botched game from the Knicks of the recent past.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2021
• The botched response was not taken well, even by Trump allies.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
• Richards turned his attention to the botched finish later in the match.
  — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
• Many saw more than an over-the-top marshal and a botched attempt to maintain decorum.
  — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 7 May 2018
• As many as two dozen died and Staten Islanders were livid at a botched cleanup.
  — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• His mother, Sonya, was left comatose after a botched knee surgery.
  — Wayne Drash, CNN, 26 Aug. 2019
• The problems with Goines’s cases came to light after last year’s botched drug raid.
  — Manny Fernandez, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2020
• Mary's botched surgery was one of several in Christopher's record.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 3 Sep. 2021
• The result was a botched attempt and a turnover on downs for the Giants amid a blowout loss.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
• Again, this was a tricky task as just one botched shape or small mistake meant destroying the whole design.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2021
• However, things don't go as planned when the evening leads to a frozen turkey and a botched pumpkin pie.
  — Shay Spence, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
• Nick and Brett Favre run a penalty lap because of a botched exchange.
  — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
• In the midst of his botched tour, Morrissey announced a new album.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2026
• In much of Africa the problem stems from botched regulations and weak states.
  — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
• And Lindor’s botched play at shortstop was part of the mud underneath.
  — Stefan Bondy, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2022
• First, get the DMV working right and the botched bullet train rolling.
  — George Skelton, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
• After the botched attempt on Tatiana’s life, Green fled in his truck.
  — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
• Taylor, 26, was killed in March during a botched raid on her apartment.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2020
• Terrible call on the botched fourth-and-1 jet sweep to Derius Davis.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
• And the botched Turner sentence still feels as fresh and outrageous as the day it was handed down.
  — Robin Abcarian, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• With Herbert in his NFL debut, the risk for a botched play went up.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020
• At this point, at a minimum, because of how botched this was, this should be undetermined.
  — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025