by a whisker
Example Sentences
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Muller beat more experienced players to the prize in 2010 - by a whisker.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Before that, he was third in the Kentucky Derby by a whisker while being on the receiving end of some bumping down the stretch by Sierra Leone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025
Celtic won, by a whisker or by a mile, it doesn't really matter.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024
Aoba Fujino missed wide by a whisker, and Fuka Nagano hit the crossbar from 25 yards.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2023
Sirius IV got in first by a whisker, it seems, but Aldebaran II was so close a second that it was a photo finish, and all the channels have been jammed ever since.
From The Vortex Blaster by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
