How to Use close/tight finish in a Sentence

close/tight finish

noun

• The close finish had a large Hayward crowd roaring as the runners fought for the finish line.
  — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 July 2022
• Watching someone thoroughly dominate the best in the world can be just as thrilling as a close finish.
  — Carl Leivers, Outside Online, 14 Apr. 2020
• The score again was tied after the third quarter and the teams traded the lead throughout the fourth, setting up another close finish.
  — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2023
• Kirby expects a tight finish, especially after a week of course practice.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2022
• In the Kentucky Derby, the first Triple Crown race of the season, fans were treated to quite a tight finish.
  — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
• Hwang stuck his skate in front at the tight finish of the 10-man final at the Capital Indoor Stadium.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2022
• The Greyhounds emerged as state champions, but only after a historically close finish.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2022
• The cost cap breach is particularly controversial given the close finish to last season's championship.
  — Jim Vertuno, ajc, 22 Oct. 2022
• The close finish was surprising considering how things started for Mount Carmel (28-5).
  — Casey Drottar, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022
• The recent shortcomings made Jacobellis grateful to even make the final Wednesday when there was another close finish.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2022
• Hwang stuck his skate in front at the tight finish of the 10-man final Wednesday night at the Capital Indoor Stadium.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022
• The small but enthusiastic crowd of about 3,200 cheered things that are normally ignored, and the feel of a close finish seemed to take on hyperbolized gravity.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
• Regardless of yet another cruelly close finish for Serrano, the trilogy was about something more than a rivalry.
  — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 12 July 2025
• Jim Hines wins the first semifinal in a tight finish with Ronny Ray Smith, becoming the first man to break the 10-second barrier.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
• Medina Spirit, who won the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago in a close finish, is the betting favorite in the 10-horse Preakness field.
  — Steve Almasy and David Close, CNN, 14 May 2021
• Another close finish As expected with a game that featured 13 lead changes, the contest between the Red Raiders and Cowboys came down to the wire.
  — Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2021
• The latest polling averages show Macron 10 percentage points ahead of Le Pen, gaining some momentum after a tight finish in the first round of the election two weeks ago.
  — Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022