Below you will find example sentences with "wild card". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Wild Card in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: wild
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 16
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "wild card" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as bottcher s wild card 1 side, a wild card here is, game, games and nfc stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with credit card, debit card, gift card, wild west, wild boar and wild pitch, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with wild card
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Definitely the wild card event of the week. (8 words)
The Wild are now five points behind Colorado for the second Wild Card in the West. (16 words)
A wild card here is the development of same-game parlay bets becoming the majority of sports betting. (18 words)
Even though the Cowboys finished in second place in the NFC East with a 10–4 record, they qualified for the playoffs as the NFC 's wild-card team (during that time, only one wild card team from each conference entered the playoffs). (43 words)
In the night draw, Brendan Bottcher's Wild Card 1 side picked up a 10-3 win over Karsten Sturmay's Wild Card 3 rink, and Ontario's Mike McEwen topped Canada's Brad Gushue 6-4. (37 words)
Although he's developed some alliances with heroes over the years (and even briefly served as a member of the Justice League) Lobo and his status as a nearly unstoppable wild card has remained consistent. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Key Matchups For NFL Wild Card Weekend « CBS Las VegasChargers-Ravens Wild Card MatchupThe Los Angeles Chargers-Baltimore Ravens AFC wild card matchup pits exciting rookie QB Lamar Jackson against veteran Philip Rivers.
In the night draw, Brendan Bottcher's Wild Card 1 side picked up a 10-3 win over Karsten Sturmay's Wild Card 3 rink, and Ontario's Mike McEwen topped Canada's Brad Gushue 6-4.
Play this game in what would be the wild card weekend and start the actual wild card weekend the following week.
Baseball’s postseason would expand from 10 teams to 16 this year, and the two wild card games would transform into an eight-team wild-card round with eight best-of-three series.
Even though the Cowboys finished in second place in the NFC East with a 10–4 record, they qualified for the playoffs as the NFC 's wild-card team (during that time, only one wild card team from each conference entered the playoffs).
The Avalanche hold the second wild card at 83 points, followed by the Coyotes (81), Wild (79) and Hawks (78) heading into the games late Friday.
The Wild are now five points behind Colorado for the second Wild Card in the West.
Houston sneaked in when Pittsburgh lost 31-28 at New Orleans, though the Texans still could wind up a wild card in the, well, wild AFC South.
For some players, the problem with wild card games is that the winner is almost always the hand with the most wild cards, making the other cards irrelevant, and making skill less important.
Although he's developed some alliances with heroes over the years (and even briefly served as a member of the Justice League) Lobo and his status as a nearly unstoppable wild card has remained consistent.
Arizona currently has a one-game lead on the Cubs for the fifth wild card spot, a 1.5-game lead on the Marlins and a 2.5-game lead on the Reds.
At the time, Mr Davidson was only 19, and had been admitted into the competition as a wild card.
A wild card here is the development of same-game parlay bets becoming the majority of sports betting.
Boston has won six of its last seven and now stands three games back of the Toronto Blue Jays, who jumped the New York Yankees on Friday, for the final AL Wild Card spot.
Brendan Bottcher’s Wild Card 1 side beat Ontario’s Mike McEwen 8-4 and Yukon’s Thomas Scoffin defeated B.C.’s Jacques Gauthier 10-8.
Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady in the NFC Wild Card playoff game against the Cowboys at Raymond James Stadium on Jan.
But there’s one thing they can’t plan for: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a wild card from their own party who is once again going against the political grain.
But this is a tested group of Diamondbacks who had to push all the way to the final days of the season to secure an NL wild card.
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott runs into the end zone during the first half of Monday's NFC wild card game against the Buccaneers in Tampa, Fla.
Definitely the wild card event of the week.