How to Use victor in a Sentence

victor

noun
  • To the victor go the spoils, the adage tells us.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Kendrick won, for sure—to the victor go the spoils.
    — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
  • So Putin comes out as the victor.
    — NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The victors gloat, the losers seethe and neither side gives an inch.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 7 July 2025
  • See the best looks from the red carpet and catch up on the evening’s victors.
    — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The victors in each app game will get a portion of that prize total.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2020
  • No flag was thrown on the play and Cleveland came out the victor.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Dec. 2025
  • The victor of the three-way race will face off against Skinner.
    — Noah Daly may 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2026
  • Murray finished in the top ten, and then came out the victor.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Arguments are messy; both sides get hurt and no one comes out as a victor.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • That night the victor enjoyed his winnings—a glass of whiskey—in the bar.
    — The Economist, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Partly, for him, there’s the desire to be the victor in the breakup.
    — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Many victors have returned to perform on the show.
    — Madeline Boardman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The rub isn’t that no one victor came out on top; this isn’t Highlander.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2022
  • For some people, the sky is the limit in the sense that to the victor go the spoils.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The show searched the most in each state was declared the victor in the statewide standings.
    — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • But for tighter races, the surge of mail-in votes means voters could wait days for a victor to be named.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The team that plays with force, coaches and players on each side said, would be the victor.
    — Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 21 May 2018
  • Now guests are caught in the middle of their battle and are forced to choose a path and a victor.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • The victors get a spot in the Europa League.
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • In the dream, of course, the victor is on offense, tossing away the bat with one arm raised.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Teams will switch sides after six rounds, and the first to win seven rounds will be crowned the victor.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The victor will win the division and host a playoff game.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Now, only one of the finalists can be crowned the victor of the fall food face-off.
    — Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Don Baylor had a big day for the victors with two doubles, a triple and home run.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Obi-Wan, the craven victor, revealing his true self.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The victor gets a far more favorable knockout matchup.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • The smiles go to the victors, with it being turned upside down for those on the wrong end of the scoreboard.
    — Jay Paris, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Some fans believed that Malone, known for his beer pong skills, came out the victor in the matchup.
    — Marina Watts, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The goal was to deny the victors a mandate to govern the vanquished.
    — Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025

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