by a nose

"They beat us by a nose last year in this race."

Seconds before the finish line, he pulled ahead by a nose.

"I feel like I've just won a race by a nose," he said.

The tip is on for the Wombles to take it by a nose.

"We are ahead by a nose," one person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said.

"We lost by a nose and we have no excuse for that."

He missed by a nose in last year's Classic off an even longer layoff.

Victory Gallop mounted a strong final run to win by a nose.

She lost her first professional race by a nose, but went on to win many races in state and country fairs.

"You just hate getting beat by a nose at the end," Mott said.

Affirmed won by a nose, giving the colt a 3-1 edge in the series.

And the winner: the long shot, by a nose.

But he lost by a nose to Grindstone in a photo finish that took the judges five minutes to sort out.

Then the red driver swept ahead by a nose just as they flashed past the white chalk line.

The striker is protected in storage by a nose safety cap.

By that count, it is Bush by a nose.

"This one's going to go down to the wire and it's going to be won by a nose," he said.

Debby looked through the peephole, but it was blocked by a nose.

If the Derby is won by a nose, a photograph proves which nose.

The finish was neck to neck, with Faith taking it by a nose!

He finished second to Pride by a nose.

She ran with older fillies and mares, winning by a nose.

Detonation is initiated by a nose impact and a base fuse.

Her face was a well-proportioned oval, marred just a little by a nose many would have called too large.

The race ended in a photo finish with Sunday Silence getting the bob on the outside by a nose.