Sentence examples for need a sweep from inspiring English sources
The Braves still can win the East, but they would need a sweep of Pittsburgh and a winless series by Washington against Philadelphia to force a tiebreaker game with the Nationals.
The underachieving Eagles (5-8) won for only the second time in the past six games and still need a sweep of the final three games to have any chance of repeating as N.F.C.
J.T. Snow homered and the former Dodger Marquis Grissom doubled home two runs for the Giants, who need a sweep of the three-game series to either force a one-game playoff or win the division based on a 10-9 season record against the Dodgers if Houston loses at least once to Colorado this weekend.
New York needed a sweep to take the title.
Donald Trump needs a sweep of swing states (watch Ohio, Florida and North Carolina, among others) to win.
Too bad it sits on a cramped corner lot; it really needs a sweep of lawn, or maybe an Alp or two.
The Mets, who entered the series knowing they needed a sweep to breath fire back into their pennant hopes, also knew that Drabek, tough enough in ordinary circumstances, has been Pittsburgh's immovable object at times of adversity.
More than a century ago, in 1904, with the Highlanders needing a sweep of a last-day doubleheader at old Hilltop Park in Upper Manhattan, Boston clinched the pennant in the opener with a ninth-inning run that scored on a wild pitch by the right-hander Jack Chesbro, who had a 41-12 record that year.
The Red Sox regained their five-and-a-half-game lead in the American League East on the Yankees, who still lead the wild-card race but might have needed a sweep here this weekend to have a realistic chance at the division title.
The teams will meet again for three more games starting Tuesday in Anaheim, the Angels probably needing a sweep to at least get the Mariners' attention.
When dropped patties and melted ice cream piled up at his feet, Steven would call out, "I NEED A LINE SWEEP, I NEED A LINE SWEEP!" And then before anyone could possibly respond, he'd wield two brooms as if they were lashed together, bumping into people and yelling like a kamikaze in a movie, distraught and doomed, but kind of happy too.
