basketball
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
“Continuing to invest in and strengthen our basketball operations group is a top priority as we build for the long-term success of our team and players,” Pelinka said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the former basketball star whose father was a jazz trombonist, observes that “Coltrane’s music is the soundtrack to the Black experience in America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
All seven Australians in the NFL converted from rugby, basketball or Australian rules football, and Australia has a huge pool of similar athletes with transferable skills.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The sprawling property has everything from standard rooms to stand-alone lake houses, plus indoor and outdoor pools, lawn games, basketball and pickleball courts.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
We’ve worked out a good routine of school and basketball and Sunday dinners at Celia’s.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
![]()
Specs can digitize a chess board, provide AR-guided training for shooting basketballs and even highlight the coolant reservoir under the hood of a car, according to videos and photos online.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Other sports have made accommodations for female body types, such as lower sprint hurdles in athletics or lighter and smaller basketballs.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
A couple of the pumpkins are the size of basketballs, with 10 or more smaller ones trying to catch up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
There I was, dribbling basketballs like a Globetrotter, diving through inter-dimensional portals, riding on the back of a galloping dinosaur in an explosive train heist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
So I tell her I’m sorry, it won’t happen again, then head off to my next class.Gym class is supposed to be about balls: volleyballs, basketballs, softballs, soccer balls—sometimes sit-ups and always sweat.
From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander
![]()