How to Use breaststroke in a Sentence

breaststroke

noun

• I'll be competing in the 50-meter breaststroke.
• The Hawks had four of the top five placers in the 50 breaststroke.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2022
• Mills was in line to win a medal in the 200 breaststroke there.
  — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 3 June 2020
• Not far away, a group took turns doing the whip kick of the breaststroke.
  — New York Times, 4 July 2022
• In Tokyo, Sanes will compete in the men’s 200 breaststroke.
  — Giana Han, al, 28 June 2021
• Lilly King returns to the pool for the 200-meter breaststroke.
  — USA TODAY, 30 July 2021
• Andrew dove in for the breaststroke and dropped back to third by the time Dressel took off for the butterfly leg.
  — Alice Park/tokyo, Time, 1 Aug. 2021
• In breaststroke, the host country’s rising star is 20-year-old Shoma Sato.
  — Andrew Dampf, ajc, 21 July 2021
• When Lydia Jacoby won gold in the 100-m breaststroke, the fans went wild.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 30 July 2021
• Two events later, the sophomore Barlow placed fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke.
  — Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 19 Feb. 2023
• Kalisz pulled away on the breaststroke, his best leg, and Litherland rallied on the closing freestyle to claim the second spot.
  — Paul Newberry, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2021
• Nic Fink was born in Houston and will compete in the 100-meter breaststroke.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2024
• The top finishers had long touched the wall, but the biggest ovations came for the girl who finished last in the 100-yard breaststroke.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2021
• Jacoby, 17, has been a phenom in the breaststroke for years.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2021
• On Wednesday, the former IU star won the women’s 200 breaststroke.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2023
• Last year Beladi won a bronze medal at state in the breaststroke with 55.08 clocking.
  — Randy Jennings, Dallas News, 25 Feb. 2021
• Kendall Madison of the Long Reach Marlins set a pair of pair of records — 11-12 girls breaststroke and butterfly.
  — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 29 July 2019
• But the game appealed to the swimmer whose best events included the breaststroke and distance freestyle races.
  — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2021
• Don’t deliver the gold medal to Lilly King in the 100-meter breaststroke just yet.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2021
• Liu added a win in the 100 breaststroke with Thomas finishing second.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2022
• King went 3-0 in the 50-meter breaststroke skins, a succession of races on short rest that are crucial to team scores.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2020
• Tekawy has not lost the breaststroke in a dual meet this season, CdM girls' swim coach Justin Papa said.
  — Matt Szabo, latimes.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The British team boasted 100 breaststroke champion Adam Peaty, who moved them from sixth to fourth.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
• Phelps never even swam a breaststroke race at the Olympics or world championships.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
• Younger brother Tyler, left, is a Cardinals’ junior and owner of the school record in the 100-yard breaststroke.
  — David Lavaque, Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
• Both big results came in the breaststroke, the signature event for the Seward High junior.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Nov. 2020
• Morgan learned how to rely on the sidestroke and breaststroke, so his legs and arms never broke the surface of the water.
  — Andrew Dubbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2022
• Indeed, these changes made to the breaststroke were never sanctioned.
  — Edward Wasserman, The Conversation, 8 Nov. 2021
• Marchand led wire to wire in the breaststroke: each time his head lifted out of the water, the fans shouted encouragement, in unison.
  — Sean Gregory / Nanterre, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
• In the individual medley, that has to happen before the swimmer moves into the next stroke, which is the breaststroke that’s swum face down.
  — Alice Park / Nanterre, TIME, 3 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024