How to Use victor in a Sentence

victor

noun
  • In the end, hail to the victors felt like more than a song.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The vanquished slunk away, and the victor claimed the prize.
    — Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2022
  • But, as the saying goes, to the victor goes the spoils.
    — Andrew Canulette | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • For some people, the sky is the limit in the sense that to the victor go the spoils.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • See the best looks from the red carpet and catch up on the evening’s victors.
    — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In the end, Chester edged out Olesen as the victor of the battle.
    — USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The show searched the most in each state was declared the victor in the statewide standings.
    — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • That’s 11 times more than the $9 million spent by the victor, Karen Bass.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Barrett wasn’t so much the victor as the prize—their prize.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2020
  • While there wasn't a game victor, Notre Dame won the AP poll that year.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 17 Apr. 2020
  • As the victor, Trump will be the one tasked with taking on that feat.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
  • As the victor, Hardin earned $5,000 and bragging rights.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Murray finished in the top ten, and then came out the victor.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The rub isn’t that no one victor came out on top; this isn’t Highlander.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Each kid back in the 1930s carried a bag, and the victor walked away with a new marble or two.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Now guests are caught in the middle of their battle and are forced to choose a path and a victor.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • The smiles go to the victors, with it being turned upside down for those on the wrong end of the scoreboard.
    — Jay Paris, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • It’s a telling message from Sunday’s victor and the back-to-back champ.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2020
  • The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done, / From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with !
    — cleveland, 4 July 2022
  • But for tighter races, the surge of mail-in votes means voters could wait days for a victor to be named.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
  • But in the past four years, a recurring victor has arisen: A24.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The victors in each app game will get a portion of that prize total.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The victor, who will be chosen by the end of the year, will have his or her work premiere in the 2025 season.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Sep. 2024
  • It’s been won by the victor in each election dating back to 1964.
    — Fox News, 24 June 2020
  • Tuesday’s game is a winner-take-all match, where the victor will proceed to the Round of 16 in Qatar.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Teams will switch sides after six rounds, and the first to win seven rounds will be crowned the victor.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Don Baylor had a big day for the victors with two doubles, a triple and home run.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2020
  • The terms of the bet were the loser tattooing the phrase including the victor's name.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Covering the knee is the head of a goddess, the brow above her two wide-open eyes adorned with a victor’s wreath.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The victors are to be named at a ceremony later this year.
    — Miles Socha, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025

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