How to Use evenly matched in a Sentence

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• The teams were not, in fact, evenly matched.
  — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
• For the first half of the game, the teams seemed evenly matched.
  — oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
• These teams have been evenly matched all season.
  — Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
• This clash of could-be titans proved to be too evenly matched for much action.
  — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
• These teams have been so evenly matched in recent years that this gap is stunning.
  — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
• The singers seemed evenly matched, and both received praise from the coaches.
  — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• The sides are evenly matched and see plenty of each other, so there are no friends when the puck drops.
  — Carol Schram, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
• The two cards were more evenly matched in Junkshop and Classroom.
  — PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025
• But for a rivalry to take hold, the results must be evenly matched.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• This year, the McLaren drivers have been more evenly matched.
  — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025
• Which is not to say, however, that the game today is evenly matched.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2025
• The teams are evenly matched, and the struggle for victory will be a fierce one.
  — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
• These two are evenly matched, but there is one under-the-radar trend worth digging into.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
• The two teams appear evenly matched from a talent standpoint.
  — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
• Most of the game was relatively evenly matched.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
• The narrow spread, one point in favor of the Bills, reflects how evenly matched these two teams are.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2022
• These teams are evenly matched, so a bouncing puck or suspect penalty could be the difference.
  — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
• This year’s two stars are so evenly matched that two weeks into the race only ten seconds separated them.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
• Indiana and Oregon are more evenly matched.
  — Matt Baker, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
• This projects to be a close game, as the teams are pretty evenly matched, specifically on the offensive end.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2025
• Home teams usually get a three-point boost, which suggests that oddsmakers see these teams as evenly matched.
  — Jeff Weiner, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
• Friday’s Boise State game was the most frustrating because the teams seemed evenly matched.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
• The opening minutes were relatively evenly matched as both teams felt each other out like boxers at the start of a major bout.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
• The answer depends a bit on the sport, but in general, the goal is to keep teams approximately evenly matched.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 3 Sep. 2024
• The Red Wings and Canadiens are pretty evenly matched on paper.
  — Max Bultman, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
• The pair quickly discovered they were evenly matched in their pace, although perhaps opposites in their approach and style.
  — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
• Britain beat Norway 8-6 in the eighth end after a contest that was fairly evenly matched throughout the last hour and a half.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
• Her fight choreography scenes with Enola seem evenly matched, and the film leaves space for a potential return.
  — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
• Instead, the real connections happen between people who are more evenly matched.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
• Unfortunately, not every game is evenly matched, though.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025