How to Use neck and neck in a Sentence

neck and neck

adverb or adjective
  • Even those out, and the teams would be neck and neck.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • And then there are what looks like a neck and neck race with no clear champ.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Two skiers were neck and neck at the end, the crowd was going wild.
    — Sean Gregory/pyeongchang, Time, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The fight seemed neck and neck for a while until money came in the mix.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Because with one month to go, observers say the race is still neck and neck.
    — Trisha Thadani, SFChronicle.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Once, the teams were neck and neck, and my brother got a breakaway and scored.
    — Sarah Miller, The New Yorker, 7 July 2021
  • For the most part, Texas and Michigan were neck and neck.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
  • The two are neck and neck in a race to the rhetorical middle.
    — Faith Bottum, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The Dodgers do not concede the days of neck and neck will return.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Outside of those three networks, the race is pretty neck and neck.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The polls leading up to the election showed the blocs running neck and neck.
    — Vanessa Gera, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The presidential race is neck and neck, a toss-up, a dead heat.
    — Jack Schlossberg, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2024
  • There were two main parties in the country, and the parties were neck and neck.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Dec. 2020
  • The two candidates were neck and neck for most of the evening as votes were tallied.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland.com, 8 May 2018
  • Now, the Courage and Thorns are once again neck and neck in the standings.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The two sets played had to go into a tiebreaker, which was neck and neck the entire way.
    — Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The shots, scoring chances, forechecks and goalie saves were neck and neck through two periods.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The match was neck and neck until the sixth end, when Sweden scored 5 points.
    — Isabel Yip, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Those two were neck and neck, but yes, the heat just got turned up in the oven for Thanksgiving.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The two teams, which split during the regular season, were neck and neck through most of the game.
    — al, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The two are neck and neck in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the state.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Because the Dodgers and Padres were supposed to be neck and neck all season.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2021
  • And in our testing, the Air and 13-inch Pro were neck and neck for the most part.
    — Michael Andronico, CNN Underscored, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Home Depot and Lowe's are usually neck and neck.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
  • With 96% of precincts reporting, Buttigieg and Sanders are neck and neck.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2020
  • At that time, Warren and Biden were neck and neck at 25% and 24%.
    — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2019
  • While the pair are neck and neck still though, Messi has achieved the feat in 155 fewer games.
    — SI.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • At the end of the day Oklahoma and Florida are neck and neck.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
  • As far as rock & roll boogie bands go, next to AC/DC, those two are neck and neck.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The rivals were neck and neck until the final moments last year, when Lokedi turned on the jets late to win.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026

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