How to Use lopsided in a Sentence

lopsided

adjective
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  • The house had a lopsided porch.
  • They won the game by a lopsided score of 25–3.
  • This looks like one of the most lopsided matchups of the week.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Is the trick to use out the ones with the lopsided yolks for something else?
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Yes, that’s a lopsided score in favor of the team that has lost eight of the last night in the series.
    — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The 22-point loss was their second-most lopsided on the road.
    — Eric Olson, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The Lions opened a lopsided 32-13 gap over the Eagles at the half.
    — Indy Star Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The resemblance — from the squint to the lopsided smile — is striking.
    — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Or fine, not all of it: just the essential stuff, the not lopsided stuff.
    — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • That is still the most points a team has scored in the Super Bowl and the most lopsided win in the game’s history.
    — Tim Casey, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • New Orleans was on the wrong end of a lopsided loss in first meeting.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • With that there’ll be some teething pains, some lopsided score lines.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
  • The 6-3 guard scored eight points in 15 minutes of a lopsided affair.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Could be headed to the most lopsided score in this series.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The victory at Utah was as close as the win at Colorado was lopsided.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Despite the lopsided scoreline, Kerr was not worried by the defeat and was keen for his squad to move on.
    — Sam Joseph, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The Grizzly Cubs opened a lopsided 21-3 gap over the Bulldogs at halftime.
    — Indy Star Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Do a lopsided pushup, keeping core engaged and hips stable, then roll the ball from right hand to left.
    — Women's Health, 7 June 2023
  • The Bucks pulled ahead for good four minutes into the game and rolled to their most lopsided victory of the season.
    — Steve Megargee, ajc, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Sign-out sheets were kept among thousands of pages of jail records stacked in lopsided piles on an office floor.
    — Jerry Mitchell Rory Doyle, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • Comment: The Bears won a close game at home in the middle of the season; the Cardinal won a lopsided affair at home last week.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The lopsided result proved that early season hype isn’t enough to win games.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
  • Of course, if there’s a talent mismatch, things could get very lopsided.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The Shamrocks owned a lopsided 14-2 advantage in shots on goal.
    — Brad Joyal, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The Pirates opened a lopsided 35-6 gap over the Bobcats at the intermission.
    — Ledeai, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2023
  • This means your bed won’t look lumpy from a distance or feel lopsided when sleeping beneath it.
    — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2023
  • This is the most lopsided of the 10 conference championship games.
    — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • But the lopsided vote in the House tax-writing committee indicated the bill has a strong chance of approval.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In recent decades, the use of electronic attack and defense has been more lopsided.
    — Aaron Krolik, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The Bucks overcame a slow start in last year's playoffs before prevailing in four lopsided wins against a Bulls team that has many of the same top players, a core that's been healthy most of the year.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023

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