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

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