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.
• For the Reds, his signing now seems a long shot, though.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• 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
• 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
• That’s too bad, because Andor is the best Star Wars show to date—by a long shot.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 23 Nov. 2022
• In the 38th, Sam Coffey fired a long shot from way outside the box that forced a diving save by Franch.
  — oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2022
• Hustle, his new movie, isn’t Uncut Gems, not by a long shot.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2022
• White is the most popular kitchen paint color by a long shot.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 9 Aug. 2023
• Arellano’s chance of early release seems to be a long shot.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2022
• He was viewed as a long shot to earn a spot on the 53-man roster for Week 1 of the regular season.
  — oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2023
• That beats the typical broth-making process, which can take hours, by a long shot.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
• Montgomery’s best chance to tie came with three minutes left when a long shot hit the crossbar and bounced away.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2022
• New Zealand entered the game 9.5-to-1 long shots to prevail in the opener.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 22 July 2023
• Still, even with the third-fastest 100-meter time in the world this year, Ta Lou is considered a long shot to win gold.
  — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
• While the 1-for-6 kicks were long shots, Vizcaino should have converted at least one.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2023
• Katie Arrington was a long shot but ran a great race and way over performed.
  — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 15 June 2022
• But Townsend and other chess aficionados say that goal is a long shot.
  — Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022
• Fresu then won the finale with long shot Silent Heat ($38.60) for his second win.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
• To this day, that means getting hurt or killed by a gun in Japan is an extremely long shot.
  — CBS News, 6 June 2022
• While popular with their colleagues, both would be very long shots for the top post.
  — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• Genting Group was always a long shot but the incumbents will breathe a sigh of relief now.
  — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
• But getting Curtis out of Hawaii is a long shot, Odhner said.
  — Tom Hays, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
• Still a good one but even seven innings an outing is a long shot.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
• Bolduc, a Donald Trump–endorsed candidate, had seemed like a long shot in the summer and for much of the fall.
  — Peter Gattuso, National Review, 17 Nov. 2022
• The second was a powerful, long shot that forced a diving save.
  — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2022
• The long shot bid to unseat board president Nate Miley seems to have come up short.
  — Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024