How to Use victorious in a Sentence

victorious

adjective
  • They were victorious over their enemies.
  • Two of them saw action on the field and two of the teams were victorious.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The film opens with the Chola crown prince Aditha Karikalan (Vikram) and his army being victorious on the field.
    Shalini Dore, Variety, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The Guardians emerged victorious from both of Shaw’s starts.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022
  • If so, there’s a good chance for the Tigers to be victorious next season.
    al, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Hope your team of choice was victorious in last night’s sports ball match.
    Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The Sox came out victorious in their first game against the White Sox Friday, but dropped the next two en route to a series loss.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • The tennis star went full-'80s as a geeky — but still victorious — prom queen.
    Lindy Segal, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The series went onto the seventh game, and the Mets came out victorious with a final score of 8-5.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Maida is a place in Italy, where a battle was fought in 1806: the Brits (who were victorious) versus the French.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Jan. 2024
  • If Midnights is victorious, Swift will become the first artist to win Album of the Year four times.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2023
  • For the first time since Sept. 24 against Missouri, Auburn was victorious.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Now, the Chiefs will hit the streets of Kansas City to parade around town and relish in this victorious moment with fans.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Find out who will be victorious by tuning in live tonight with a free trial of Fubo.
    oregonlive, 5 June 2023
  • In its game of chicken with the U.K. government, the Bank of England has emerged victorious.
    Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2022
  • At some point, if not in 1997, the algorithm would be victorious.
    Bruce Pandolfini and Max Raskin, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The Chiefs were ultimately victorious, and Swift joined the tight end on the field to celebrate.
    Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Chase Jackson, formerly Chase Ealey, was victorious in the shot put and threw a world lead of 20.01 meters.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Scaroni won the Chicago Marathon last month and was victorious for the first time in New York after finishing third in 2019.
    CBS News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The only question is which phenom will be able to emerge victorious.
    Catena Media, oregonlive, 14 Jan. 2023
  • And, despite some tense moments from the bullpen late, the Dodgers’ lead — and Betts’ victorious return to Boston — was never in danger again.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
  • After the long struggle for Rivas to take power, the energy in the room was victorious.
    Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The Crimson Tide is looking for its 22nd-straight victorious home opener, a streak that pre-dates Nick Saban.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Fritz was the eighth American to reach the final in the past nine years and only the second top seed in the tournament history to come out victorious.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The fishing team of Slob City were victorious at the 24th annual event and established a new Showdown Crown record.
    Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Adding this win, Detroit continues to stand victorious over Windsor with 15 to 13 tug-of-war wins.
    Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
  • As sometimes happens with bad lockups, the victorious buck was dragging the shredded remains of a dead buck around.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Did Team Ruff come out victorious this year, or did reigning champions Team Fluff sweep the competition for the third year in a row?
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Each emerged victorious against GOP challengers who denied or questioned the results of the 2020 election.
    Jacob Gardenswartz, The New Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The two worked on defenses all week to prepare for their next meeting, and Dylan shut down the same move to emerge victorious after six minutes.
    Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023

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