How to Use showdown in a Sentence

showdown

noun

• Here are the game details ahead of the Big 12 showdown...
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2024
• The Tigers will have their best pitcher on the mound for the first showdown with Ohtani.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
• The lion’s share were in the ten-plus-minute finale showdown.
  — Simon Thompson, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
• Still, the stage for the showdowns has nearly been set, the major players revealed.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• It’s been something of a theme over the first three games of this midseason AL West showdown.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 3 July 2023
• The board voted in May to retain Mr. Sanchez, but the showdown left wounds in the community.
  — John Leland John Leland, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• In relation to last year’s figures, the showdown just barely missed the mark by 8%.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 26 Sep. 2023
• As Shiv storms out of the apartment with her brothers in tow, both Mattson and the Roys prepare for a showdown.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 May 2023
• The two sides have faced off in a fierce showdown over the control of two seats on Disney’s board and the future of the 100-year-old company.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
• Democrats argue the showdown over the debt limit should not be the new normal way of doing the nation’s business.
  — Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
• The climactic showdown might have been borrowed from any Blumhouse movie over the past 10 years.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
• Previous showdowns have closed the government for as short as one day to as long as more than a month.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Add to that the six sprint races and the total comes to 30 contests in just over nine months, with the final showdown in Abu Dhabi on December 8.
  — Brad Spurgeon, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
• Now, the city is kicking over another hornet’s nest in setting the stage for a legal showdown over the meaning and scope of the 2016 law.
  — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
• Here are the top moments from the DeSantis v Newsom showdown ...
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023
• The showdown was seen as a major victory for new money over old.
  — Chris Vognar, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• This weekend’s showdown in Washington looked bleak to many in Kyiv.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• Something to keep in mind as the showdown between the ’Niners and Chiefs Taylor Swift-ly approaches.
  — Tim Kelleher, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
• Even more so this week amid a showdown in the U.S. Congress over $60 billion in military aid to my country.
  — TIME, 2 Mar. 2024
• At times, the movie has the moody feel of a supernatural suspense thriller, not a comic-book-style showdown.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• Last season’s showdown between the rivals ended with a 27 to 13 win for the Georgia Bulldogs.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023
• But the dueling injunctions set up a legal showdown that is likely to reach the Supreme Court.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
• The showdown further underscores the rising profiles of both men.
  — Will McDuffie, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• The showdown between the leaders of the world's two largest economies, who are on the opposite end of many issues, is likely to dominate the summit.
  — Chris Massaro, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
• Unleashed and unyielding, Mr. Biden seemed to relish the showdown.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• The girl in bed with Percy just screams, setting up what will likely be a hilarious showdown in the movie, out June 23.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
• The result sets the stage for a first-place showdown on Wednesday when Santa Teresa visits Branham.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
• Torrence escaped again, though, getting Angela Zedak to strike out in an eight-pitch showdown.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 28 May 2023
• Tampa's showdown may be a harbinger of things to come as climate change and drought cause water shortages in many parts of the country.
  — Jim Robbins, CBS News, 27 July 2023
• Alabama is a nearly 40-point favorite in this game with a showdown looming next week against No. 11 Texas.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 2 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024