How to Use closer in a Sentence

closer

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  • Irving is a superstar talent that can heat up at any moment and is one of the best closers in the NBA when the fourth quarter arrives.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024
  • Clase is still just 25 years old, and compared to the other available high-end closers, Clase's $14 million over the next three years is remarkably low for a reliever of his caliber.
    — Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The horses near the front were setting it up for the closers.
    — Dick Jerardi, Philly.com, 6 May 2018
  • As the lengthy trial winds down, Davis and Green are the closers for the defense.
    — Craig R. McCoy, Philly.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Closers just bring out the worst emotions in most fans.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 27 May 2017
  • The Reds nearly came back against one of the best closers in baseball.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 24 May 2023
  • Will Smith: Last-place teams don’t have much use for All-Star closers.
    — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 13 July 2019
  • One, the Padres have a knack for producing ace closers out of scratch.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2019
  • Lows reach the 50s in many suburbs while hanging closer to 60 in the city.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 27 May 2017
  • So there are guys are getting paid $200 million to be the closers.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The time spent doing this brought her closer to the patient.
    — Lucette Lagnado, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2018
  • But how does Jansen compare to the other closers who could be in the playoffs?
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • With the extra length, the race would seem made for late closers, but that's usually not the case.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al.com, 8 June 2019
  • The saving grace had lately been that if Texas could get to one of its closers, things were safe.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • From Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez to a host of closers, this past week has been a rough one.
    — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 24 June 2018
  • Like a good salesman, though, the Toreros proved to be fantastic closers.
    — Don Norcross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Sasaki only pitched four seasons in the big leagues, but was one of the game’s most feared closers in three of them.
    — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 7 May 2018
  • All elite closers can strike you out, and Knebel certainly fits that bill.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2018
  • No one expects that from one of the game's most dominant closers.
    — Bob Baum, Houston Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Did the digested food in the victim’s stomach put the time of death closer to 2 a.m. than 10 p.m.?
    — Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ, 31 July 2017
  • Few teams have as deep a bullpen as LSU does, and fewer have three power-arm closers.
    — Brody Miller, nola.com, 7 June 2019
  • Any deep closers with something left in the tank will try to pick up the pieces as tired horses stagger home.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • Saric will likely remain a starter with Bridges as the closer with Baynes in the mix.
    — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The thing Hughes has going for him is the NL is not full of dominant closers.
    — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2018
  • Now, the left-hander returns to the franchise as one of the game's best closers and with the team the most reliable in all of baseball.
    — Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Kapler really could have used Smith, whose left-handed stuff ranks with that of the game’s top closers.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • He, not Federer or Rafael Nadal, has become the best big-match closer in the game.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Rodriguez struggled to match the production that once made him one of the best closers in baseball.
    — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2017
  • The Sox need to figure out how to bolster the back end of their bullpen with an actual closer.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Closing out good teams away from home is no easy task, and doing it without one of the game’s best closers is even tougher.
    — Staff Report, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018

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