How to Use cornerman in a Sentence

cornerman

noun
  • Though one fighter on the card and two of his cornermen tested positive for the virus before the event, UFC 249 carried on.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 13 May 2020
  • Santa Cruz is fiercely loyal to the idea of having his father, Jose, as his cornerman.
    Lance Pugmire, latimes.com, 23 May 2018
  • The Milwaukee judge Thursday also ruled that the referee and the fighter's cornermen are immune from some of the counts in the lawsuit under a state law.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2018
  • While a cornerman attended to Klitscko’s cut above his left eye, the old champion schemed.
    Lance Pugmire, latimes.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • The two boxers embraced after the fight, but that didn’t stop Dirrell’s cornerman — his uncle — from dropping Uzcategui after the fact.
    Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 21 May 2017
  • Reveco staggered backward lost, wandering to ropes to the side of his corner instead of to his awaiting cornermen.
    Lance Pugmire, latimes.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Souza’s two cornermen also tested as positive, the UFC said.
    Fox News, 9 May 2020
  • Only fighters, cornermen, referees, judges, crew and ESPN broadcast staff will be present.
    Alicia Kortendick, cleveland, 14 Mar. 2020
  • The proprietor, Jimmy Glenn, is a former prizefighter and cornerman for Floyd Patterson.
    David Kortava, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
  • And Clinton herself was the subject of a steady stream of derision, carefully pitched to Trump’s own biases and insecurities and delivered with the passion of a cornerman firing up a boxer for one last grueling round in the ring.
    Joshua Green, Daily Intelligencer, 9 July 2017
  • And Clinton herself was the subject of a steady stream of derision, carefully pitched to Trump's own biases and insecurities and delivered with the passion of a cornerman firing up a boxer for one last grueling round in the ring.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 10 July 2017

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