How to Use photo finish in a Sentence

photo finish

noun

• The good boy's sprint was caught by the photo finish camera.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
• Waite placed second in the photo finish.
  — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
• With those tight margins, the outcome is poised to be a photo finish.
  — Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
• The whole exchange took no more than a few minutes, from flush to photo finish.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
• What followed was a nit-picking, photo finish of a taste test.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
• And from the look of things, this is going to be yet another photo finish.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
• Ellis ran down Mitchell in the last meter and won with a photo finish.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 9 June 2018
• The race appears headed for a photo finish.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
• Sometimes, awards voting can be a photo finish.
  — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• Showcase fresh summer stone fruit with a slab pie for a crowd that makes a photo finish with a lattice crust.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
• Rounding the third curve, Fisher pulled ahead for a photo finish.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022
• On the last two days, was there a single event that didn’t feature either a world record or a photo finish?
  — Wired, 8 Oct. 2019
• What followed was a nitpicking, photo finish of a taste test.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
• There can be photo finishes, and crashes.
  — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
• In the final steps, Hassan surged ahead and managed to win the heat in a photo finish.
  — Joshua Berlinger, Aditi Sangal and Adam Renton, CNN, 2 Aug. 2021
• Last year, Blaney nearly won this race, only to lose in a photo finish to Suarez.
  — Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
• Plus, the heartwarming story of a photo finish for a mother’s marathon run.
  — CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
• The last two times second off the bench saw the best races of this horse’s career -- losing a photo finish and winning.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
• But part one of that plan — moving the bill out of the House — will be a photo finish for Johnson.
  — Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
• In the men's sitting cross-country sprint, Andy Soule won his first gold medal in a photo finish.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2018
• Joe Won a nostril ahead in a photo finish to complete a wire-to-wire victory.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
• The one-of-a-kind track quickly gained a reputation for photo finishes and fun races.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 21 June 2023
• Their photo finish was punctuated with wide smiles.
  — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
• But in a photo finish, Mantia, the faster sprinter of the two men, was expected to have the edge.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• On the East All-Stars, Jacob led his team to the near photo finish.
  — Jayna Bardahl, The Enquirer, 11 June 2021
• And that could mean Trump is indeed headed to a photo finish on Election Day.
  — Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
• Tai Brown of Kentucky edges Edwards in a photo finish; both hurdlers tie the meet record.
  — oregonlive.com, 23 June 2019
• The annual race up the highest peak in the Northeast ended in the first photo finish over the weekend.
  — USA TODAY, 18 June 2019
• The finish of the women’s 5,000 featured a near photo finish, too.
  — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 May 2021
• Marche Lorraine edged Dunbar Road by a nose after a photo finish in the Distaff.
  — Beth Harris, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2021