How to Use long shot in a Sentence

long shot

noun

• The horse was a long shot, but we bet on him anyway.
• She always bets on long shots at the racetrack.
• I hope to double my profits, but I know that's a long shot.
• The Tide rushed for 301 yards against the Bearcats, their best of the season by a long shot.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 9 Jan. 2022
• For the Reds, his signing now seems a long shot, though.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• Still a long shot, but UConn has put in a bid, just in case.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2022
• West Saratoga and Grand Mo the First are the long shots, each with 50-1 odds.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 May 2024
• The world is not back to normal yet, not by a long shot.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2021
• Pairs, in which the last U.S. couple to medal at worlds came in 2002, is a long shot.
  — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021
• That may be something that would be a long shot, but (the league) is just good.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2024
• The Sun Devils are a very big long shot to go that course, at +9900.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
• And this is a long shot, but perhaps the ski gods will hear my plea.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2020
• Spring will likely be the busiest season of the year for you, by a long shot.
  — Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
• For Morikawa, the weight of such a grand milestone wasn't lost on him — not by a long shot.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2020
• Most of the time, 30 yards would be considered a long shot.
  — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2024
• He is still considered a long shot to get the Bears job.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
• He is still considered a long shot to get the Bears job.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
• If enough do — a very, very long shot — the question will not make the ballot.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
• Still, stripping Keller of his medals seems like, at best, a long shot.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Jan. 2021
• Four plays later, McClain did it again to give the Knights at least a long shot for the win.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
• His venture is still a long shot, but then, so was Amazon when the web was the wave to ride.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Again, the Fuel being a long shot for a title wouldn’t be the worst thing for Yun and the team.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2021
• Yet the effort to set aside the conviction might be a long shot.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2024
• Not my favorite by a long shot, but clearly the best Vs.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
• That’s too bad, because Andor is the best Star Wars show to date—by a long shot.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 23 Nov. 2022
• And to the fans, Chucky sends his still-undying thanks, and a message: ‘This isn’t over, not by a long shot.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 Nov. 2021
• Finding two against the United States in the cold was beyond a long shot.
  — New York Times, 27 Jan. 2022
• With 50-1 odds, his horse, a three-year-old colt named West Saratoga, is a long shot.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 May 2024
• This flashback kickoff, which looks to tell the devious origin story of the megachurch-leading Gemstone clan, went from long shot to lock quickly.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
• Jeffery Simmons This one is a long shot, because there’s no real reason for the Titans to want to trade Simmons, 27, one of the best defensive tackles in football.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2025