How to Use basketball in a Sentence

basketball

noun

• The new pop-a-shot basketball game would have to wait for after a win.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
• On the basketball floor, Bridges has been one of the Hornets’ top players.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024
• There's a swimming pool and creek for the kids to splash in, plus a horseshoe pit and basketball courts.
  — Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• Not just on the basketball court, but in pop culture too.
  — Rudie Obias, Variety, 26 Apr. 2024
• It’s been a long, up-and-down basketball season for St. John Bosco.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• The empty swimming pool and weedy basketball courts gave the place a kind of haunted charm.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 11 July 2023
• The Marquette men's basketball team could use a pick-me-up after a stretch that has them at 2-3 in Big East play.
  — Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• The pain was profound in the Gophers men’s basketball team’s loss at Iowa on Sunday.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024
• The Marquette men’s basketball team could be losing one of its key players to the NBA.
  — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
• The Maryland men’s basketball team has a tall task Thursday — in more ways than one.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2023
• With that, the conversation turned back to basketball as the Kings embark on a 13-day road trip that could set the course for the rest of the season.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
• Caitlin Clark, the basketball sensation, played in a golf pro-am.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Nov. 2024
• Gwynn was a third-rounder who played more basketball than baseball at San Diego State.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
• Home movies show a tiny Steph dribbling a huge basketball.
  — Bill Edelstein, Variety, 29 Apr. 2023
• Then reports emerged of messy shows in the acoustic hell of basketball arenas.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 Dec. 2023
• Never seen that before in a basketball court in an NBA game.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• To top it off, Kismet sports a garage full of water toys and a basketball and pickleball court.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024
• Last weekend, Steph Curry helped the U.S. men’s basketball team take home a gold medal.
  — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024
• Jansen also plays a mean game of basketball on the portable hoop in the clubhouse.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
• Renee told Dateline the 11-year-old had spent the night at a friend’s house and was supposed to meet her mother to go to a basketball game.
  — Kyani Reid, NBC News, 27 June 2024
• The Golden Eagles are taking care of the basketball with only one turnover to Xavier's six.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2023
• That’s how many games the US women’s national basketball team has won in a row.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
• The freshman guard was cleared by doctors to return to basketball at the end of November.
  — Rishikesh Rajagopalan, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023
• Parents relaxed in the shade as children played on the basketball court and football field.
  — Allison Robbert, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
• The beach also has a skate park, basketball courts, and the iconic Muscle Beach outdoor gym.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
• Then the team won the tournament, securing an NCAA bid and a spot in the hearts of basketball fans everywhere.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
• But people were willing to pay five to eight bucks for a good basketball session.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2024
• This was supposed to be a learning season for the San Marcos High School boys basketball team.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
• His home life is a mess, too: His mom is sleeping with his cousin’s husband, which comes to light when the cousin attacks his mom in the stands at a basketball game.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 17 Sep. 2024
• Watkins is a rising star in women's college basketball — a new six-episode documentary series dives deep into her life and journey.
  — Delano Massey, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024