Example sentences for: showdown

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

  • Today's New York Times lead may be the stupidest ever: "A PLAN IS IN WORKS TO PUT OFF A VOTE ON TEST BAN PACT: Clinton Satisfies a Demand by Lott in Effort to Avert Showdown."

  • The countries are heading for a showdown over which of them will accept refugees, how many, at what cost, and on what terms, the paper said.

  • In South Africa, the African National Congress-led government's hard-line stance on pay raises has brought about its first showdown with public sector unions.

  • Many on both sides anticipate that the Democratic primary of 2000 will be a showdown, with Dick Gephardt representing the old Dems and Al Gore standing in for the new.

  • The intensifying showdown with Iraq leads at the Washington Post , Los Angeles Times , New York Times , and USA Today . As the U.S. increased its bomber presence in the Persian Gulf, the total isolation of Saddam Hussein became apparent.


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