How to Use contestant in a Sentence

contestant

noun
  • The contestant who catches the most fish wins.
  • The winning contestants will receive a cash prize.
  • In terms of contestants, one of them could be you.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Both contestants laid it all out.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The show is older than a lot of our contestants.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • The contestants This year’s game casts a wide net.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • And the longer the contestants sashay the more the room urges them to greatness.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
  • While the clues and contestants change night to night, the game itself stays the same.
    — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
  • There were behind-the-scenes looks at the contestants’ lives.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Who received the fewest votes among this week’s contestants.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The contestants struggled mighty hard with the songs.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026
  • So how do the new contestants respond?
    — Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Once the board was attached, the contestant swung the board around by, yep, the spike in his nose.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
  • The contestants in the dirt just ended up sleeping through most of it.
    — Jim Halterman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The contestants are now calling the shots.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
  • Trainers yelled and put down obese contestants.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In the third round, each contestant was required to do a dunk with a teammate.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Viewers at home or fellow contestants can vote you off each week.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Olson is the third contestant to be revealed so far.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 May 2026
  • Some even licked the candy to soften it -- a trick used by contestants in the show.
    — Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • An awards buckle will be given to each of the three contestants with the fastest times.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Then, the contestants start narrowing down their pool of dates for the next day.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Grade it below, then vote for your favorite of the night’s contestants.
    — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Only five contestants remained at the start of the episode.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Do contestants get paid to appear on the live reunion?
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
  • In your opinion, who was the best player among the contestants, and who was the worst?
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The crunch of its tortilla held up far better, and the molten cheese gave this contestant the edge.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • One text counts for one vote, and viewers can send up to 10 texts per contestant.
    — Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Check out the trailer above and list of contestants below.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
  • In fact all the contestants should have some similar kind of shtick, just as many teams do in dugouts.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2023

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