How to Use the wire in a Sentence

the wire

noun

• The race, which went down to the wire, was edged out by King.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2023
• Cross the wire over the breasts, then around again to secure the wings.
  — Peter Barrett, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
• All five of our games have been close, come down to the wire.
  — Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024
• The matchup came down to the wire as Josh Allen and the Bills tied the game at 29-29 in the third quarter.
  — Natasha Dye, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
• Pass the ends of the wire under the thighs and cross over the leg joints; twist to secure.
  — Peter Barrett, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
• The Angels tend to always have games that go to the wire.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
• The Royals could take it right down to the wire at the trade deadline.
  — Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
• Past the wire, in the one game that will forever haunt the Bills Mafia.
  — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
• The contest went down to the wire as the Browns worked to get a lead in the final 70 seconds of the game.
  — Irie Harris, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
• Dogs can still get past the wire or someone can leave the gate open.
  — Kimberly Chin, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
• The race came down to the wire, but Allen slightly edged out Jackson for the award.
  — Seth Quinn, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
• But the point is, a Biden-Trump race, or a Biden-anyone race, will be down to the wire.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
• The first game went to double overtime, the second came down to the wire.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2023
• Thread one end through the basket and twist the wire back on itself.
  — Joe Kohl-Riggs, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
• The game went down to the wire unlike countless Team USA wins.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
• Cut four or five then place them on the wire rack (see next item), wipe the knife, and cut a few more.
  — Jacalyn Carfagno, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
• Tuck the wire and boot out of the way before proceeding.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
• Down to the wire Lindskog can’t stay in his seat anymore.
  — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• Klimek: Entrants to the Vesuvius Challenge worked right down to the wire.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
• Confused, Kevin went back to TD first thing the next day and asked the teller to reverse the wire.
  — Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
• The seats were so fragmented, the wire springs poked through the leather, and the steering wheel had decades of hand sweat soaked in.
  — Carolyn Fong, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
• Fold the tape down on itself so that the wire is sandwiched inside.
  — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Nov. 2024
• The game went down to the wire, with France putting up a formidable fight down to the last second.
  — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
• Wrap the leafy wires around a 16-inch wreath form in a spiral, overlapping the leaves and securing the end of the wire to the form.
  — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2024
• Sweaters, swim trunks and strands of T-shirts hang from the wires’ pointed barbs, signs of where migrants were snagged by the wire.
  — USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• Though, both of Baltimore's losses have come down to the wire, so there's that.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
• After the media event, the kidnapper released Hall from the wire.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 15 Jan. 2026
• Saks Global’s race to the courthouse has come down to the wire.
  — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
• Add it all up, and this one should come down to the wire.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
• For faux fruit, use a glue gun to attach one end of the wire into the citrus, wrapping the other end into the greenery.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026