How to Use test match in a Sentence

test match

noun
  • In the test match-up, Mr. Biden leads among independents, 46% to 38%.
    — John McCormick, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
  • As is so often said by the players and coaches, a test match is called a test match for a reason.
    — John Pye, ajc, 25 Dec. 2021
  • All of them learned to play in the dusty outskirts of Peshawar, the home in exile of Afghan cricket, and are now preparing to step into the limelight of a five-day test match for the first time.
    — Washington Post, 11 June 2018
  • Ballistics tests matched the weapon to a projectile recovered at the murder scene, the DA's office said.
    — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 24 May 2018
  • Sunny goes to watch the second test match between Sri Lanka and England—a game that will end up quelling his disquiet.
    — Carey Baraka, The Atlantic, 28 July 2022
  • Cheika will now try To’omua, who has started only four of 50 test matches at flyhalf.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019
  • With the help of some professional and amateur golfers, Castro did some test matches.
    — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Pakistan has never won a test series in Australia in 13 attempts, and in those years, Pakistan has only won four test matches total.
    — Tim Chan, Variety, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Bancroft and Smith had already admitted to the premeditated cheating over the weekend following the test match against South Africa, which Australia lost.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The eye test matches what the stats say about the Los Angeles defense.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 8 June 2026
  • The Irish have lost only one of their 19 test matches at home to Italy.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024

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