Example sentences for: underdog

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

  • The elite pedigrees of Bush and Gore make them vulnerable to a populist underdog.

  • As a new American citizen, Evans seems proud to use language that few British readers will understand, as in this explanation of why Bradley relishes his underdog status: "He has happy memories of those electric nights with the Knicks when he caught the opposition napping with a last-second slam dunk."

  • Yet Alexander remains, as one GOP strategist politely puts it, an "extreme underdog."

  • Gore moved his campaign headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Nashville, Tenn.; fired a pollster; challenged the putative underdog, Bill Bradley, to a series of debates; had his campaign manager, Tony Coelho, accused of past corruption by a federal agency; and raised less money than Bradley last quarter (according to last week's FEC disclosures).

  • 3. Underdog.


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