Clincher is an English word with synonyms like determiner or argument. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Clincher meaning
- That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm; a decisive factor.
- A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.
Synonyms of Clincher
Using Clincher
- The main meaning on this page is: That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm; a decisive factor. | A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.
- Useful related words include: determiner, determining factor, argument, statement.
- In the example corpus, clincher often appears in combinations such as: the clincher, clincher was, series clincher.
Context around Clincher
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clincher
- In this selection, "clincher" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, net, series, foot, coming, ended and came stand out and add context to how "clincher" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include empty net clincher and 26 foot clincher from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clincher" sits close to words such as abadi, abdelaziz and absolutist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clincher
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Now – here’s the clincher! (5 words)
That strategy worked twice, including Sunday’s clincher over the Mets. (11 words)
He quietly had three points against Vancouver on Saturday, including the empty-net clincher. (14 words)
Solskjaer’s reaction was to send on Paul Pogba and Greenwood, and Rashford went close to halving the deficit before De Gea was required to make some amends with a good one-handed save to deny Giroud what would have been a clincher. (43 words)
But from there the visitors righted the ship and delivered some strong hockey down the stretch before closing the deal on a well-executed four-way passing play that finished with Josh Archibald sliding home the empty-net clincher. (39 words)
Kedon Slovis, who should have been a Heisman candidate, was harassed all night and threw three interceptions, including the game-clincher in the final minutes on a throwaway pass that was nabbed by lunging Oregon cornerback Jamal Hill. (38 words)
Now – here’s the clincher! (5 words)
Example sentences (20)
He quietly had three points against Vancouver on Saturday, including the empty-net clincher.
He’s a fan of the Lakers and Dodgers, who lost to the Padres in the NL Division Series, with the clincher coming in San Diego.
That team dubbed itself the “Golden Misfits,” and three of the remaining players from that club scored all five goals in the clincher against the Oilers.
After they were escorted off the course, Scheffler left a potential 26-foot clincher from the fringe on the right edge of the cup, then tapped in for par.
Maddison’s late clincher ended a run of 16 matches without a goal and followed a crucial cameo off the bench at Coventry on Wednesday.
That strategy worked twice, including Sunday’s clincher over the Mets.
The 90th-minute clincher came from a combination of two substitutes, Cody Gakpo heading in from the edge of the box after a deep cross from Andy Robertson.
The audience for the Rangers' World Series clincher was less than 10 percent of what the Super Bowl attracted.
The deal clincher — outlined to Jordan in a pitch video — was that clubhouse shape, inspired by the smooth, “almost machine-like” perfection of a golf swing.
Betts homered off Kershaw in their last World Series game, the 2018 clincher at Dodger Stadium.
But from there the visitors righted the ship and delivered some strong hockey down the stretch before closing the deal on a well-executed four-way passing play that finished with Josh Archibald sliding home the empty-net clincher.
Kedon Slovis, who should have been a Heisman candidate, was harassed all night and threw three interceptions, including the game-clincher in the final minutes on a throwaway pass that was nabbed by lunging Oregon cornerback Jamal Hill.
Lucas Zelarayan scored midway through the first half and added the clincher in the 82nd minute and the Columbus Crew won their second MLS Cup title, beating the defending champion 3-0 on Saturday night.
Now – here’s the clincher!
Solskjaer’s reaction was to send on Paul Pogba and Greenwood, and Rashford went close to halving the deficit before De Gea was required to make some amends with a good one-handed save to deny Giroud what would have been a clincher.
The clincher was that Bland’s wall of stone matched the group’s vision to conserve nature.
This year, they scored five-plus three times in six games against the Flames, including seven unanswered in the series clincher.
Trump’s line might turn out to be effective damage control, but it’s hard to believe that an undecided voter tuned in and found that line to be the clincher.
At the lighter end of the spectrum, I have a friend who maintains that being able to recite “Postscript” off by heart was the clincher when he was first wooing his girlfriend.
But the real clincher was a requirement for each applicant to write a 300-word essay explaining why they wanted to attend the event and how it would make a difference in their lives.
Common combinations with clincher
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the clincher 13×
- clincher was 4×
- series clincher 3×
- empty-net clincher 2×
- clincher against 2×
- clincher came 2×