How to Use slam dunk in a Sentence

slam dunk

noun
  • There's no doubt that he's guilty. The case is a slam dunk.
  • The vote proved to be a slam dunk for our side with a 24 to 5 win.
  • None of them look like slam dunks.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • But the move is not a slam dunk.
    — Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Lester does not have a slam dunk case.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
  • This is going to be a slam dunk for him.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This was not always a slam dunk.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Olkaria should have been a slam dunk.
    — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The subject is a slam dunk for me, too.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 12 June 2026
  • If that’s the case, this idea is often a slam dunk.
    — Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Tales meant that its green light was anything but a slam dunk.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
  • My belief at the time was … that this is gonna be a slam dunk.
    — James Brown, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Some picks that look like slam dunks when they’re made turn into busts.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • If this were true, the case would be a slam dunk for the plaintiffs.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2023
  • On a first look, its new apps appear slick but aren’t a slam dunk.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019
  • The judge in the case must approve it, and that is not a slam dunk.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Getting the farmstay off the ground was not a slam dunk.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
  • But Skydance, to me, didn’t feel like some sort of slam dunk.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • This is more about Weems than anything, but this is not a slam dunk.
    — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Though the case was a slam dunk, a corrupt judge had let the brutes off with no jail time.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Galluzzo added that the tape didn’t have to be a slam dunk for the case to work.
    — Leon Neyfakh, Slate Magazine, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The case is hardly a slam dunk for Gruden.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The 7-feet-4-inch teen has been able to slam dunk since the age of 13.
    — Melanie Dadourian, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2018
  • For the future hoop star, this basketball is a slam dunk.
    — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
  • To be sure, that's incremental and not a slam dunk.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Multi-Styler is a last-minute gift that’s destined to be a slam dunk.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 18 Dec. 2025
  • This is a slam dunk win for the Kings and a massive loss for the Wild.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Even then, the drug won’t be a slam dunk for everyone with Alzheimer’s.
    — Alice Park, Time, 7 June 2021
  • And aside from the obvious paper trail, the group seems to have a slam dunk of a case.
    — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 19 Oct. 2017
  • But not all the works in the Newhouse collection were a slam dunk.
    — Julie Brener Davich, ARTnews.com, 19 May 2026

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