How to Use slugfest in a Sentence

slugfest

noun
  • This all leads, of course, to the slugfest promised by the film’s title.
    — EW.com, 8 May 2025
  • The best way to beat Thurman is to stay away from a slugfest.
    — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
  • If the third quarter was a slugfest, the fourth quarter was a shootout.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2019
  • This matchup could turn into a slugfest when Chicago has the ball.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • By the time the final horn sounded, the Spurs had won a slugfest.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2018
  • All of them can just scooter on down the list of great Cincinnati slugfests.
    — Joe Kay, The Seattle Times, 6 June 2017
  • Keaschall launched two home runs on Saturday in a slugfest from both sides.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2023
  • The game sets up to be another slugfest in what has been a series of close games.
    — Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle, 27 Nov. 2020
  • The fourth quarter was a slugfest, each team trading baskets and blows.
    — Ben Baskin, SI.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The thin air breeds slugfests and long days and nightmares for pitchers in any weather.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2019
  • The game was a slugfest from the outset, featuring four lead changes and five ties.
    — Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The team will be able to play fast or slow, go big or small, win in a shootout or a defensive slugfest.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Philly not only covers but wins straight-up in a 10-9 slugfest.
    — Charles Curtis, For The Win, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Who wants to engage in a Finals slugfest against a team of heavyweights?
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 6 June 2017
  • The upper-deck shots by Duda weren't the longest in this slugfest.
    — Jake Seiner, courant.com, 3 June 2017
  • Compared to the Ravens-Browns slugfest a week ago, this game was subdued.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2020
  • The second round started as more of a slugfest, which is where Stephens wanted it.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
  • Although, this proved to be a slugfest that the Astros lost 9-7.
    — Bryan C. Parker, Chron, 1 Nov. 2021
  • This should be a slugfest that provides the winner a big launching pad for the rest of the season.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
  • San Diego led 1-0 after three, then the game turned into a slugfest.
    — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The game started as a defensive slugfest, then picked up in the latter stages of the first half.
    — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The second half was a back-and-forth slugfest among two Big East heavyweights.
    — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
  • In a game that featured 12 lead changes and nine ties, this slugfest had both sides of the gym on the edge of their bench seats.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 28 Feb. 2020
  • With each team sending its fourth starter to the mound, Game 4 had the potential to be a slugfest.
    — Kevin Dotson, CNN, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Michigan can win this game in a slugfest, but the passing game can't be MIA.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Through my eyes, that was a slugfest between two teams that at the end of the season will be among the top 10 in the country.
    — Bran Strickland | , al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • From there, the two threw caution to the wind and engaged in a slugfest that Abdul-Malik got the best of.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • For all the talk of Orlando’s inconsistent half-court offense, the defense has been the starker change in this season’s team, especially when contrasted to years past, when Magic games were slugfests … in the good way.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • By prevailing over Minnesota and OKC in back-to-back slugfests, the Spurs have shattered every precedent that experience is a non-negotiable playoff virtue.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
  • In between the slugfests over Medi-Cal, taxes and immigration, the House of Representatives has voted to give Tehachapi a new ZIP code.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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