How to Use below par in a Sentence

below par

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  • Only 13 of the 73 players who made the cut shot below par Saturday.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Trivia time: Only four players finished below par in the five U.S.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
  • Caddy loyalists won't care much that the handling's klutzy or that the tires try to peel off the rims at a walk or that the front seat is all wrong or that the drivability is below par.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Past preferred stock IPOs now trading below par: a look at recent par crosses.
    — Dividend Channel, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • DeChambeau won the tournament at 6 under, the only golfer to finish below par.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
  • Following a double bogey at the par-4 14th, Barry rallied with birdies on two of the final four holes to finish below par.
    — oregonlive, 28 May 2021
  • But that changed in the late 1970s, with the rich capturing the lion's share of economic growth, while middle-class and lower-income workers eked out gains far below par.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2020
  • His most recent outing at the Honda Classic was encouraging with three rounds of even par or below par golf.
    — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Mar. 2021
  • When Lehman failed, the principal in those funds dipped below par, which triggered the equivalent of a widespread run on the banks, putting the financial system into free-fall.
    — Noah Millman, The Week, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Battery life is also below par due to the small size not being able to accommodate a larger battery.
    — Ben Sin, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • These Pixels will get five years of security updates and, unfortunately, only three OS upgrades—below par for the Android world these days.
    — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
  • With vaccination rates still below par among younger Americans, the Biden administration is offering concerts, games, gift cards and other gifts as incentives to get people to take the shots, Megerian reported.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021

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