Explore Clinching through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Clinching in a sentence
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Clinching meaning
present participle and gerund of clinch
Using Clinching
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of clinch
- In the example corpus, clinching often appears in combinations such as: clinching the, after clinching, of clinching.
Context around Clinching
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clinching
- In this selection, "clinching" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, series, game, eventually, goal, match and brilliant stand out and add context to how "clinching" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 0 8 clinching a second and after clinching brilliant figures. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clinching" sits close to words such as administering, causal and crooked, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clinching
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On Friday, the S&P 500 gained 0.8%, clinching a second straight winning month. (15 words)
An All-Star in his first season with the Rangers, Eovaldi has won both their series-clinching games this postseason. (20 words)
In clinching the weekend series between the teams with the best two records in baseball, the Braves improved to 60-28. (21 words)
After clinching brilliant figures of 4/30, Rashid showed his prowess with the bat by smashing an unbeaten 79 off just 32 balls to keep the margin of loss as less as possible, saving Gujarat from a huge downfall in the net run rate. (44 words)
Seager and Adolis García homered early, Nathan Eovaldi struck out seven over seven smooth innings in another series-clinching start and the Texas completed an AL Division Series sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 7-1 victory in Game 3 on Tuesday night. (44 words)
Manager Craig Elliott made all three substitutions without disturbing Curzon's control which prevented a Buxton threat until the closing minutes when the home side, without the luxury of a clinching goal, funnelled back to protect their lead. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
A few minutes later the Irish eased the pressure considerably as Henshaw, who missed the Grand Slam-clinching match in 2018 due to injury, crashed over.
After clinching brilliant figures of 4/30, Rashid showed his prowess with the bat by smashing an unbeaten 79 off just 32 balls to keep the margin of loss as less as possible, saving Gujarat from a huge downfall in the net run rate.
After clinching the National League title in 2022-23 and return to the Football League following a 15-year absence, Wrexham have continued to go from strength to strength this season.
After clinching the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs during the 2021 season, the Titans fell back down to earth last year.
Ahead of his 37th birthday on January 8, star Yash has penned a heartfelt note for his fans and said that he is working towards clinching something that he believes in but needs more time.
An All-Star in his first season with the Rangers, Eovaldi has won both their series-clinching games this postseason.
Bednar struck out Marsh to start the 10th, but Rojas hit a 1-2 fastball to score Pache from second, clinching the win to start the celebration.
Celtic were also missing a midweek scorer in Daizen Maeda but Ange Postecoglou simply swapped in another in Sead Haksabanovic, who’d curled home the clinching goal from the bench.
CU safety Myles Slusher played almost every snap on defense against TCU and had the game-clinching tackle on TCU’s final offensive play in the final minute.
David Miller is one of the game’s more clinical finishers and he was not about to let the opportunity of clinching the series slip by.
However the top seed broke for a 3-1 lead in the third set and it proved decisive, Alcaraz eventually clinching victory when his opponent sent a backhand long.
In clinching the weekend series between the teams with the best two records in baseball, the Braves improved to 60-28.
In the final three minutes, Nitu started from afar but soon ditched the strategy and reverted to playing from a close range, as Altansetseg was also given a point deduction for clinching.
Manager Craig Elliott made all three substitutions without disturbing Curzon's control which prevented a Buxton threat until the closing minutes when the home side, without the luxury of a clinching goal, funnelled back to protect their lead.
On Friday, the S&P 500 gained 0.8%, clinching a second straight winning month.
Phil Parkinson's side have had an record-breaking season but they were pushed all the way by Notts County, eventually clinching the National League title with one game to go.
Reality check: Cardinals are a victory away from clinching a spot in the ACC title game, but also coming off one of their worst defensive performances of the season against Virginia.
Rodgers, whose comments after the game stirred speculation he may retire in the offseason, threw for 205 yards with one touchdown and the game-clinching interception.
Seager and Adolis García homered early, Nathan Eovaldi struck out seven over seven smooth innings in another series-clinching start and the Texas completed an AL Division Series sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 7-1 victory in Game 3 on Tuesday night.
Since clinching the deal, the European Union announced plans to front-load about 60 million Euro before the end of the year to inject some forex in the local economy.
Common combinations with clinching
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- clinching the 51×
- after clinching 18×
- of clinching 13×
- the clinching 11×
- clinching their 9×
- to clinching 7×
- clinching playoff 7×
- clinching victory 6×
- by clinching 6×
- and clinching 6×