basketball

Example Sentences

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“And you certainly have to give your guys freedom to make basketball plays. I would say in general though, turnovers of aggression are OK; turnovers of passivity are not.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Once Wells arrived at Oklahoma, she ditched basketball and began doing her real damage at the plate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

She can jump high enough to grab a basketball rim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Now the head coach at Old Dominion, the 51-year-old Milton-Jones was inducted into the women’s basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Embarrassingly, Jonah heard one of his attempts, because Jonah had just stepped onto the Winstons’ front porch, ready to ring the doorbell and ask Chip over to play basketball.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix