How to Use mascot in a Sentence

mascot

noun
  • The team had a mountain lion as their mascot.
  • The team's two mascots, The Man-nanas, stood on top of the dugout to hype up fans.
    Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2023
  • At the end of the game, though, the mascot will disappear and the winning player will, well, eat it.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Efforts to stop wind turbines off the Atlantic coast have a new mascot: the whale.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2023
  • North Texas' nickname is the Mean Green, and its mascot is an eagle.
    Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
  • When Bushnell first came up with the concept of the restaurant, there were no plans to use a rodent as the mascot.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The school would officially embrace the mascot in 1958 as a reminder of the Old West.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • Not just a mascot: The real owls of FAU are underdogs too.
    Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Meep, Meep: There's a lot of Roadrunnders mascots out there!
    Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • McGregor then doused the mascot with his spray before Heat staffers pulled Burnie off the court by his legs.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
  • There’s that mascot costume Greg threw up in during the pilot.
    Vulture, 21 Dec. 2023
  • By the end, Colorado’s new coach had the roughly 800-pound buffalo mascot eating out of the palm of his gloved hand.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 23 Apr. 2023
  • When Stevenson was a 17-year-old senior at the Riverdale school, he was asked to adorn a gym wall with Parkdale’s mascot: the panther.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
  • This isn't the first time McDonald's has embraced its mascots to boost its sales.
    Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • But Martinez acknowledges with a laugh that Trump may be an odd mascot for a health-food brand.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Now that he's gone, some residents have floated the idea of getting a new pass-along mascot.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Big Oil’s legacy lives on; the high school's team name is the Oilers, its logo a derrick, mascot is Oil Man.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Frost helped redesign the mascots and created a meal for fans to order.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Staff report Who is your favorite high school mascot in the Detroit area?
    Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2023
  • Anytime the Oregon Ducks score, the Duck mascot does a regimen of pushups to match the team’s current point total.
    Jodom, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Orbit, the Astros mascot, was loudly booed by the crowd at T-Mobile Park.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • Yes, the anxiety is real, even for the most seasoned mascot.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Win or lose, though, the Buffaloes have the best live mascot in the country and one of the best traditions in Ralphie the Buffalo's pregame run.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The logo has been modernized, and the Android mascot, called Bugdroid, has a fresh 3D look.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
  • In 2022 the foursome dressed up for the holiday as some of America's most beloved fast food mascots.
    Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The 35-second clip, still live as of Tuesday, features the track playing in the background as the team’s mascot dunks a basketball.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Maybe the Patterson Mill softball team has adopted more than just a mascot from the famous dogs.
    Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2023
  • The tree factory is also the home of Ernie the Elf, Keebler’s commercial mascot.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • In the other shots, the little guy is seen posing alongside a football helmet and being held by the team's mascot.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The story of how the panther came to be Cartier’s mascot is now jewelry legend.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 4 Apr. 2023

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