white-knuckler

Example Sentences

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It erupted from a snoozer to a white-knuckler to an all-out epic.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2022

These white-knuckler games should be customary by now.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2020

These last few minutes and stoppage time could be a white-knuckler.

From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2016

It will almost certainly be a white-knuckler for second-round leader John Riegger as he tries to navigate TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2013

Dear Road, Ah, the flustered white-knuckler who drives other drivers around the bend.

From Slate • May 2, 2013