clincher

Example Sentences

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The defence flagged alarmingly late on, losing speed and structure as Argentina scored a last-minute try and came within metres of a last-play clincher.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

They might as well use him as a closer, and they might as well use him in a World Series clincher, either in Game 6 or 7.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

The clincher for Emery appears to have been the promise of playing Asensio in the number 10 position.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025

Then he delivers the clincher line in English while flourishing a finger-heart: “I like . . . you.”

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025

Everyone’s excited, slapping each other's hands, and I feel it, too: a sense that this is the clincher, that we’ve done it, that my girl is saved.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz