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Example sentences for: clinching

How can you use “clinching” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The clinching factor, La Stampa said, was the mention of a mysterious Yugoslav by the name of Dusko with whom Lewis had allegedly fallen in love 20 years ago in Los Angeles.
An article assesses George W. Bush's chances of clinching the general election by winning California.
However, his analysis ("") of the "controversy" surrounding Brandi Chastain's removal of her jersey after clinching the World Cup trophy is indulgent, quixotic, and utterly aggravating.
At the very moment The Empty Fortress was clinching his reputation as a nonauthoritarian liberator of autistic children--in other words, during the Vietnam era--a ranting Bettelheim seized the podium as an authoritarian castigator of rebellious youth.
The clinching evidence is supposed to be that Southeast Asia is in better shape than if we hadn't fought.