photo finish
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Both gave up on regaining a vertical stance and sat on their skis for a photo finish of two awkward tobogganers.
From Los Angeles Times
Marche Lorraine edged Dunbar Road by a nose after a photo finish in the Distaff.
From Washington Post
As polls show next month’s Virginia governor’s race heading to a photo finish, Republicans are harboring hopes of flipping the increasingly blue state to red.
From Washington Post
The book is remembered largely for its photo finish, a reverse flipbook of sorts in which a dead man leaps from the ground and up through the air, back into the no-longer-doomed tower.
From Los Angeles Times
Totka beat Heath for the European championship title earlier this year, and his Olympic victory ended in a photo finish that saw 0.045 seconds separate gold from silver.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.