How to Use winningest in a Sentence

winningest

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  • She's the winningest coach in the conference.
  • The Toros went 3-1 without Ernst, the state's all-time winningest coach.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Haff, who is now the school's all-time winningest pitcher, was named to the third team.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 June 2021
  • Now, he's ranked No. 3 at 195 pounds and West Lafayette's all-time winningest wrestler.
    — Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • The winningest coach in school history was fired the next day.
    — NBC News, 22 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • This game features the two winningest teams in Conference USA since the start of 2017.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 18 Dec. 2020
  • This game features two of the NBA's top three winningest coaches.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Navratilova, 66, is one of the winningest tennis players of all time.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Crump could be the winningest attorney in the country who still reeks of failure.
    — Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020
  • Getting stopped was tough to accept for Curtis, the state’s all-time winningest coach.
    — Jimmy Wigfield, al, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Cinderella run to the Rose Bowl in 1995, Fitzgerald is by far the Wildcats’ winningest coach.
    — Andrew Seligman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The winningest coach in Minnesota high school sports history died Oct. 14 at the age of 87.
    — Joel Rippel, Star Tribune, 28 Dec. 2020
  • If and when the Blue Devils lose in March Madness, there won't be any do-overs on cementing the legacy of the winningest coach in the sport.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The fight against Miller was for sole standing as the all-time winningest fighter in UFC history.
    — Nolan King, USA TODAY, 3 July 2022
  • Bell was only the fourth coach in Oak Mountain football history and leaves as the winningest of the group with 47-49 record in nine years.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 26 Mar. 2021
  • North Haven’s Bob DeMayo, the state’s winningest coach, has over 900 career wins and counting.
    — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 3 May 2021
  • Of those, 39 were gold — also making the U.S. the winningest nation over China.
    — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Still, Kyle Busch is the winningest driver across all series with eight wins at Kentucky.
    — Jason Hoffman, USA TODAY, 5 July 2020
  • 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
  • And nothing has been easy so far in replacing the Spartans’ all-time winningest coach.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • Moren became earlier this season the winningest coach in program history.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The show is partly Star's love letter to the glamour of Paris (a city he's been enamored with since his teens), with a protagonist who embodies both the winningest and messiest instincts of her foremother, Carrie Bradshaw.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Jan. 2023

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