How to Use underdog in a Sentence

underdog

noun

• I always root for the underdog instead of the favorite.
• As a lawyer, she consistently represented the underdog.
• In a two-way race, the math just doesn’t work for the underdogs.
  — TIME, 16 Jan. 2024
• That’s time to put in trick plays, get healthy and play the underdog card.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• This underdog story takes a dark turn and the pals turn foes.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
• But one thing is certain: the underdogs will be a tough out.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
• This is the level up, from being an underdog to the big dog.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
• Yes, underdogs can win this game because there’s so much emotion on the field and in the stands.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• Few things give an underdog the spark that turnovers do.
  — Corey Smith, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
• The spread settled with SMU being a 15.5-point underdog by the time tipoff happened.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
• The Bears have won two of their last three games while emerging as an underdog story.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• The Rebels, of course, are huge underdogs against Michigan, who are opening the 2023 season with four home games.
  — Kevin Skiver, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
• But in each scenario, the underdog still has a respectable chance — at least 1-in-5 — of winning.
  — G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• Does that make the underdog more dangerous, or put the favorite at ease?
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2023
• Just like in the past two years, Utah will be an underdog, but still have a significant chance at the top spot.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 2023
• By the end of this year’s run, most of the country was rooting for them—as underdogs among underdogs.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
• Biden’s self-mythology took shape around the figure of the underdog.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Then again, the Chiefs are by no means underdogs, so today's game has the potential to be a classic.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2024
• But the lack of due process has given the team the excuse to present itself as the aggrieved underdog and Harbaugh as a kind of martyr.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
• The Buckeyes played with the confidence of a team that knew its strengths, and with the hunger of an underdog facing a program that has been a dynasty.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023
• But are the Falcons equipped to deal with the spotlight, with being a favorite more often than an underdog?
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• The two-win Wildcats showed that every underdog has its day, building a 28-0 lead against a stunned batch of Bruins.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• The underdogs have turned into alpha dogs, and they are unleashed.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
• It’s meant to arouse outrage against the bad guys and instill admiration for the underdogs.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
• Toronto goes from betting favorite to an underdog for just the second time in their last 11 games.
  — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Royall comes in as the underdog, the third-place finisher in the Scenic Bluffs Conference and 22-7 overall.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
• One, Reid held out so many starters his team was a 16-point underdog by kickoff in Mission Valley.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
• And despite the success the Chiefs have had, the Niners are not the underdog and they’re actually favored by two points.
  — Trisha Garcia-Easto, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2024
• But in 2015, Japan were the underdogs and yet pulled off a surprise result against rugby titans South Africa.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
• And over in the Soft Baits region, another 7 seed (the underdog Worm) defeated the 2-seed Jerkbait.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024