squeaker
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The squeaker was a rematch and nearly a rerun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025
And the one game they did barely win was a 20-17 squeaker over perhaps the worst team in football, the New England Patriots.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
Polling suggests that the candidate they’re choosing to go with is Mark Ronchetti, a weatherman from Albuquerque who lost the 2020 Senate race in a surprisingly close squeaker.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2022
But their 20-19 squeaker over the depleted Baltimore Ravens did little to suppress any lingering concerns about Stafford’s ability to win in the postseason.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2022
There was a little spring, and also a sort of squeaker, such as you have heard in toy bears or sheep.
From The Story of Calico Clown by Laura Lee Hope
