tryout

Example Sentences

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Also baseball players are not allowed to participate in a professional tryout during their season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

But on the day it mattered most, she flubbed her tryout and failed to make the team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

The show is inspired by a 2022 short video featuring an undercover Eli Manning as a walk-on at a Penn State football tryout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

That landed her a tryout and two decades later, her 163 international caps are second-most in history for her national team.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

Am I even good enough to pass Friday’s tryout?

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston