How to Use long shot in a Sentence

long shot

noun
  • The horse was a long shot, but we bet on him anyway.
  • She always bets on long shots at the racetrack.
  • I hope to double my profits, but I know that's a long shot.
  • And the long shot came through.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 9 May 2026
  • Who is a long shot you like this week?
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • There are long shots of the back of their heads.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Jan. 2026
  • On a long shot, go find a body and box out.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Or a long shot turns into a big win.
    — Braden Yuill, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • But getting there felt like a long shot.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
  • But that’s likely a long shot, all agree.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Of two dozen long shots, this one made something move.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Most, if not all of them, are long shots to return.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And this is a long shot, but perhaps the ski gods will hear my plea.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Steve Sarkisian is not on any hot seat by a long shot.
    — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The film is filled with long shots, most of the scenes being shot in one take.
    — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 14 May 2026
  • That may be something that would be a long shot, but (the league) is just good.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Earlier in the game, that joy seemed like a long shot.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Further down the track, the numbers like two fun long shots.
    — Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • It’s seen as a long shot at this point, but much could change in the coming days.
    — Sam Amick, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The wild card is now doable — two games out with four to go — but still a long shot, no doubt.
    — Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Stanford’s chances are rated a long shot.
    — Randy Jennings, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Sanders might be a long shot to become the next head coach of the Tigers.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • But that seems to be a long shot, depending on how fast his case moves.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Still, stripping Keller of his medals seems like, at best, a long shot.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Jan. 2021
  • So the idea that this is going to work here is just the longest of long shots.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Spring will likely be the busiest season of the year for you, by a long shot.
    — Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
  • If enough do — a very, very long shot — the question will not make the ballot.
    — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Yet the effort to set aside the conviction might be a long shot.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2024
  • Stephen Curry is used to making long shots.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • And then the horse deemed to be the longest shot in the field may only have two of the balls.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 2 May 2020

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