How to Use equalizer in a Sentence

equalizer

noun
  • He scored the equalizer in the 60th minute.
  • That equalizer set the tone for the rest of the evening.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2022
  • Their best chance to find the equalizer came in the 38th minute.
    Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2025
  • With the equalizer set to a blanched 0, the track was mixed quite nice.
    Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 6 Aug. 2020
  • There was plenty of space for Tuch to put the equalizer in the back of the net.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 31 May 2018
  • And the search is important: Think of the rug as the great equalizer of the room.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The second, in the 72nd minute, served as an equalizer for a 2-2 tie.
    oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The equalizer came in the 58th minute off a long throw in from Northshore that landed in the box.
    Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 13 Jan. 2018
  • And when that moment comes, the best place to turn is to a movie, the great equalizer.
    Sabienna Bowman, refinery29.com, 12 Dec. 2020
  • For decades, the SAT has served as a great equalizer ...
    Tim Rosenberger, National Review, 30 June 2025
  • Young is the great equalizer, though, there to stanch the bleeding.
    Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2022
  • But City held onto its lead the rest of the way as the Timbers couldn’t find the equalizer.
    oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
  • But Egypt found an equalizer in the 88th minute from Adel Ibrahim.
    Larissa Gao, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Death is the great equalizer: All skeletons look the same.
    Maria Teresa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Despite a good start and a desire to keep a foot on the gas, an equalizer came in the 20th minute.
    Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • As the clock struck 90 minutes, the home team got an equalizer.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2025
  • While Daniel could get the best of Betsy in the sprints, the distance events were an equalizer.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Are the fires the great equalizer, the great divider or the great uniter of Los Angeles?
    Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The Lions had a chance in the closing minutes, but failed to get the equalizer.
    Fox News, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Should Iran score an equalizer in the next 9 minutes, the United States would be sent home short of the round of 16.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Alejandro Bedoya scored the equalizer off the corner kick in the 95th minute.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The best chances for FCC in the second half would arrive in the closing stages of the match as the club pushed for an equalizer.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 29 May 2021
  • So no, Madonna in your petal bath, this is not the great equalizer.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Sullivan lined up her equalizer shot and knocked it past Miller to tie the game at 1-1 in the 66th minute.
    Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2021
  • But New Jersey couldn't get the equalizer past Murray (34 saves) to lose for the first time since Oct. 24.
    Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Rick Nash nearly got the equalizer with 11.9 seconds left with a high shot to the short side, but Bernier made the save.
    The Associated Press, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Greenville forward Regsan Watkins subbed in during the second half and scored the equalizer in the 74th minute.
    Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 19 May 2018
  • The Jets sound like a team determined to get after Goff, and that could be the equalizer.
    Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Flamengo’s Wallace Yan came off the bench and scored the game’s equalizer in the 86th minute.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
  • The Avalanche had all the momentum and the equalizer seemed inevitable.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

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