on the canvas

Example Sentences

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There is every chance that the fight will end with one man on the canvas and, after then, my priority will be to console the loser first - I can't be jumping around celebrating.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

After such a brilliant round, Pimblett found himself on the canvas again in the fourth courtesy of two heavy right hands - but again, he got back up.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

The scratching alerts us to what will be increasingly vigorous attacks on the canvas surface—scraping, rubbing, incising fine lines—emphasizing the character of her paintings as objects, rather than representations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Now Indiana’s waving two fists high—and an ex-champ is on the canvas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

This zero-dimensional object, the vanishing point, is an infinitesimal dot on the canvas that represents a spot infinitely far away from the viewer.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife