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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 argument on my side comes, you will be pleased to hear, from Ronald Reagan.
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.
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.
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.