How to Use botched in a Sentence

botched

adjective
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  • The botched punt did not alone spell doom for the Hurricanes.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The Browns had two second-half turnovers and a botched snap on a punt in the fourth quarter.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Restoring botched brows can be a major pain in the… arch.
    — Paige Stables, Allure, 30 June 2022
  • There weren’t any botched snaps or holds on anyone’s end, as the special teams unit came through big time.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Watch Gage discuss the group chat — and how a botched botox procedure made one of his eyes droop for six weeks — in the clip above.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • These are the first federal charges brought against any of the officers involved in the botched 2020 raid.
    — Sonia Moghe, CNN, 4 Aug. 2022
  • And Lindor’s botched play at shortstop was part of the mud underneath.
    — Stefan Bondy, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2022
  • The three felony charges from the botched attempt to arrange his own death could bring up to 20 years in prison if he's convicted.
    — CBS News, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The police called the crime a botched robbery, based on Mr. Hein’s description of the incident.
    — New York Times, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Taylor was shot and killed by Louisville police in 2020 during a botched raid on her apartment.
    — Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal, 7 June 2022
  • Nacho is still on the run after the botched attempt on Lalo’s (Tony Dalton) life.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Yurovsky and his men then made a botched attempt to incinerate the bodies of Maria and Alexey.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Utah just added on from there, scoring five TDs and one field goal on seven drives in the first half with the only stop coming on a botched snap.
    — Josh Dubow, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Nov. 2021
  • For the second consecutive week, the Dolphins nearly got a turnover off a botched punt.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Arrest reports tag Cathirell as the shooter, with Byrd a key part of the deadly confrontation and the botched cover-up.
    — Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Among the speakers was Anjanette Young, who was the victim of an infamous botched police raid in 2019.
    — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Brown was referring to the 77-minute hallway footage of the botched law enforcement response leaked last week.
    — Dallas News, 17 July 2022
  • On a botched snap on the first, Ferguson tucked and ran for 24 yards and a first down while breaking multiple tackles.
    — Zac Bellman, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Watch Miranda discuss the botched meeting — and how his 4-year-old son fell asleep during Hamilton — in the clip above.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2022
  • In 2014, Adam Montgomery pleaded guilty to shooting a drug dealer in the face during a botched robbery in which the victim took his gun and shot him, too.
    — Fox News, 4 May 2022
  • He was shot in the head at his cellphone business during what police believe was a botched robbery.
    — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • FitzSimons said after his third run that he was not injured during any of his botched landings.
    — oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2022
  • There were coaching issues with clock management at the end of the first half and a botched fake field goal attempt, as well as not going for a fourth-and-short early in the game.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The company has been in the spotlight following a botched sale of Taylor Swift tickets that left many of the artist's fans unable to buy tickets.
    — Charley Grant, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
  • After a botched robbery at Christmastime, a man takes a job as a Santa in a small town, and winds up getting the Christmas spirit.
    — jsonline.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Against Indianapolis, a botched snap ricocheted off the punt protector and the Colts recovered the ball in the end zone for a touchdown.
    — Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Sexton recovered a botched punt that set up the Cardinals on the Elberta 16.
    — al, 25 Sep. 2021
  • After a botched delivery of fresh blood, a world weary vampire and a pregnant nurse team up to rob a hospital of their supply.
    — Vulture, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Maldonado is the third officer to be fired over the botched law enforcement response to the shooting.
    — CBS News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • She was released on parole in 2003, a move that infuriated some relatives and friends of the three men slain in the botched Brink's robbery.
    — Michael Hill, ajc, 2 May 2022

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