Example sentences for: underdog

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

  • Both teams have 1) "powerhouse" offenses; 2) heroic quarterbacks; and 3) perpetual underdog status.

  • (Gore himself tried to claim this mantle by imploring Larry King Wednesday evening, "I think in many ways you ought to count me the underdog in this race now.

  • Most pundits think Al Gore is becoming desperate, and some say he's now the underdog.

  • A WSJ front-page piece makes the point that while political debate about the IRS portrays it as abusing taxpayers, in the world of corporate finance, it's the IRS that's the underdog, waging a constant war against a stream of ingenious and complicated new tax dodges.

  • On ABC's This Week , Bill Kristol, ever the neoconservative, continues to support reformist underdog McCain, while George F. Will, ever the Tory, continues to argue for establishmentarian front-runner Bush.


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