How to Use blitz in a Sentence

blitz

noun
  • The company is planning an advertising blitz for the new product.
  • This spring, the two-week blitz runs from April 20 through May 4.
    Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2024
  • While the rivals will be out here doing a blitz throughout the state.
    ABC News, 7 Jan. 2024
  • And that’s not even talking about blitzes, where the Chiefs have ranked among the NFL’s best this season.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Stafford read a blitz and quickly lofted the ball toward the left corner of the end zone.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • When walking miles down the beach searching for the next blitz this is crucial.
    Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 8 June 2023
  • The sack came in the second quarter when Henley came on the blitz to get to Jameis Winston.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Purdy’s day got off to a painful start when he was flattened on a blitz by Keanu Neal on the first play.
    Josh Dubow, ajc, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The all-out blitz may be over, but the crappie will remain active until the storm’s end.
    Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
  • New to the blitz is a change in eligibility for the beds.
    Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Hard chargers will find that the XT gets difficult in all-out canyon-road blitzes.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 7 May 2023
  • The zero blitz that left the back end exposed on Michigan’s first touchdown.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • How the Eagles can win: Find answers for quarterback Jalen Hurts against the blitz.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But the Patriots probably don’t want to bring many blitzes.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Ford must now work hard to get up to speed on catching the ball out of the backfield, blitz pickup and all of the other things he’ll be asked to do behind Nick Chubb.
    cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Burrow will initially read the blitz from Smith, then make an easy high-low read on safety Chuck Clark.
    Lance Reisland, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Hamas touched off the crisis Oct. 7 with its deadly blitz into Israel.
    Rick Noack, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Midway through the first quarter after U-M dialed up a blitz, which helped Derrick Moore win his one-on-one on the right side.
    Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Harbaugh knows about blitz packages, stunts and other schemes and philosophies.
    Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
  • In the third quarter, with a blitz threatening to quash a third-and-three play, Purdy rolled left out of the pocket to hit McCaffrey for two yards.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2022
  • When under stress, the fat cells break down, releasing a blitz of cannabinoids into the bloodstream.
    Molly Sullivan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The Ravens and Jackson jumped to a hot start in 2021 but lost their way at midseason as injuries along the offensive line left them toothless against the blitz.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The result was a 12-yard sack of Jones, forcing a second-quarter punt after Stevenson failed to pick up the blitz from Christian Wilkins.
    Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The summit coincided with the two-week mark of the war, touched off by a blitz into Israel by Hamas militants.
    Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Israel’s blitz has reduced swaths of the north to rubble, while some two-thirds of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have been displaced to the south.
    David Morgan and Jasper Ward, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Key donors are preparing a fundraising blitz later this spring.
    Ken Thomas and Catherine Lucey, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2023
  • But for now, it’s best viewed as a provocation or an advertising blitz.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The game kicks off, the Chargers have the ball, the Steelers are bringing the blitz and Rivers is turning right into it every time, riddling Pittsburgh’s secondary.
    The Indianapolis Star, 5 Mar. 2023
  • In the online blitz, low-stab game Cicero does play, the deck is stacked in its favor, because players don’t have to lie, which Cicero does badly.
    WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Winners Kam Jones No big deal, Marquette’s sophomore guard just went on a solo 17-point scoring blitz in the second half.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023

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