Sentence examples for showdown would be from inspiring English sources

Caraoke Showdown would be hosted by comedian Craig Robinson.

Not that anyone could have predicted that the Indiana Pacers/Orlando Magic first round showdown would be this uninspiring until a week or so before the playoffs.

Skeptics have suspected Bettman of mere saber rattling, trying to get a better deal for his league, but a showdown would be great hockey theater: Ovie versus Gary in a shootout, and you wouldn't necessarily bet on the guy in the suit.

So let the fight begin; a government showdown would be worth it.

Both Hoffer and Ford agreed that the justice who might prevent that kind of showdown would be Roberts himself, who controversially joined the liberals to uphold most of the Affordable Care Act in 2012.

If Mr Zapatero is nonetheless ready to have a showdown, it would be a sign of his mettle: Mr Caldera is perhaps his closest ally.Other pressures will crowd in upon the new team.

And so the tone and stage were set for a modern-day Western showdown that would be punctuated not by bullets, but by words on paper and a vote by seven elected Cave Creek officials, three of whom are actually East Coast transplants.

As if aware of the threat, Scott hauls us back to the ship for a final showdown, which would be a good deal punchier if it weren't such a blatant retread of the bout between Ripley and her tail-lashing pal at the close of "Aliens," right down to the wrathful jaws that snap at protective bars, like a prisoner banging against his cage.

But an end-of-the-year tournament showdown off separate tees would be much more compelling, a battle of the sexes among 100 pros over 72 holes.

In these final days of Bernie Sanders' bid for the presidency, the defiant insurgent has been at his least predictable, shifting continuously from plotting to overturn the will of voters in a convention showdown to assuring he would be a forceful voice for Democratic unity.

It was medal night, and there would be showdowns.