Sentence examples similar to play a long shot from inspiring English sources

The congressional play is a long shot.

This was not the prettiest game Brazil or Portugal has played, not by a long shot.

The strongest player I've played with by a long shot.

On Sept. 18, 1971, the day after the retirements of Justices Hugo L. Black and John Marshall Harlan, the tapes reveal that Mr. Nixon asked Attorney General John N. Mitchell: "To play an awful long shot, is there a woman yet?

And the biggest part of the package, Houston, would have had to agree to play in Sacramento -- a long shot.

"Basketball is the most fun to play, but it's such a long shot (to become professional) compared to football or baseball.

GARCON 'LONG SHOT' TO PLAY Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan said the injured receiver Pierre Garcon was a "long shot" to play against the Giants on Sunday.

Port Vale manager Rob Page admits making the League One play-offs are now a "long shot" but says his side could still finish in the top six.

The injured Donovan McNabb seems like a long shot to play.

REBOUNDS Brook Lopez is a long shot to play Tuesday, when the Nets host the Oklahoma City Thunder.

A sixth-round pick out of Tuskegee, he dislocated an elbow in the preseason and was a long shot to play at all this season.