basketball

Example Sentences

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“I mean, he played a fantastic basketball game.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

“In a basketball game,” he said, “when you are winning after the first quarter, you usually win the game.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

He wrote about basketball, Congress, the 2004 presidential election and the aftermath of Sept. 11 in New York, where La Libre Belgique sent him the day after the attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He would tell you he’s been beating them the whole time, coming from where he started to where he is now, a billionaire basketball player-slash-businessman, he’s scored more points than anyone, ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

“The school is huge, but a girl asked me to sit with her and her friends at lunch. And I played basketball pretty well.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko