How to Use winningest in a Sentence

winningest

adjective
  • She's the winningest coach in the conference.
  • Haff, who is now the school's all-time winningest pitcher, was named to the third team.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 June 2021
  • The winningest coach in school history was fired the next day.
    — NBC News, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Gierke won his 300th career game a year ago and is the area’s all-time winningest coach.
    — J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Crump could be the winningest attorney in the country who still reeks of failure.
    — Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020
  • It gets lost in all that Brey’s done in his two decades as the winningest coach in program history.
    — Tom Noie, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2020
  • Getting stopped was tough to accept for Curtis, the state’s all-time winningest coach.
    — Jimmy Wigfield, al, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Together, they are tied for the winningest class in school history.
    — ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The Toros went 3-1 without Ernst, the state's all-time winningest coach.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Navratilova, 66, is one of the winningest tennis players of all time.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The Orlando area’s all-time winningest high school football coach sensed the time had come to make a change.
    — J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Who’s the winningest manager in the minors?
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • This game features two of the NBA's top three winningest coaches.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Oct. 2021
  • And nothing has been easy so far in replacing the Spartans’ all-time winningest coach.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2020
  • And if Belichick does claim the title of winningest coach, Shula won’t be around to see it.
    — Steven Wine, The Denver Post, 5 May 2020
  • Malone said the Spurs’ young players are fortunate to be coached by the league’s all-time winningest coach.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • One win this season, and Stoops ties Bryant as the winningest coach in program history.
    — Kevin Scarbinsky | Special To Al.com, al, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Still, Kyle Busch is the winningest driver across all series with eight wins at Kentucky.
    — Jason Hoffman, USA TODAY, 5 July 2020
  • Polk and Bertman are the two winningest coaches in the history of the SEC.
    — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2021
  • The Oceanside Outrigger Canoe Club is one of the winningest in the state.
    — Patrick Hartley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022
  • But there’s no shortage of talent in the program, which hired one of the state’s winningest coaches in Danny Wallace.
    — Colby Gordon, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The fight against Miller was for sole standing as the all-time winningest fighter in UFC history.
    — Nolan King, USA TODAY, 3 July 2022
  • Guy is the second-winningest coach in the indoor football game with 212 wins, passing Tim Marcum on the list last week.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2021
  • Underwood became the fourth true freshman to start at quarterback for college football's winningest program last season.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Even Tom Brady, the winningest player in NFL history, has wrestled with it.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Phil Danaher, the winningest coach in Texas high school football history, retired with 490 wins.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This game features the two winningest teams in Conference USA since the start of 2017.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 18 Dec. 2020
  • North Haven’s Bob DeMayo, the state’s winningest coach, has over 900 career wins and counting.
    — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 3 May 2021
  • While his father is the eighth-winningest head coach in NFL history, Brian had to earn the seat at the end of the table the hard way.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The winningest coach in Kansas’ storied basketball history always feels and acts with urgency.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 Nov. 2025

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