Example Sentences

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He has 255 goals for PSG, many of them featuring his trademark move: Sprinting down the left wing, cutting inside a wrong-footed defender and curling the ball into the right corner with speed and precision.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

Sprinting success was not sparse in the heady days of London 2012.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024

Sprinting "like a jet plane taking off" will help produce Premier League star strikers of tomorrow, new research has revealed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2024

Sprinting from behind, the headband-wearing Bona closed with superhero speed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Sprinting for all he was worth, he ran the entire distance to school.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville