How to Use dunk on in a Sentence

dunk on

verb

• The Wolves went to a full-court press which led to steals and dunks on the other end.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
• Braun in one sequence blocked a shot on one end and dunked on the other.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2024
• And a flying one-handed dunk on the break on a lob from Miles Byrd, his roommate.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
• Late in the first quarter, Leonard stole the ball from Durant, dribbled up court and proceeded to dunk on the Suns star.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
• Green tried to dunk on Porzingis at the end of the quarter, but he was rejected as Porzingis continued to thrive on both ends of the court.
  — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
• That ended after he was dunked on by a future N.B.A. player in a high school game.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• For head coach Aaron Fearne and Milicic, the thought of getting dunked on is irrelevant.
  — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2024
• Late in the first half, Nicolas Timberlake dunked on Thompson to give Kansas a 46-27 edge.
  — Cliff Brunt, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
• Google has found a fun new way to dunk on Apple with an ad campaign for Pixel phones that straddles the line between cute and cringe.
  — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 22 June 2023
• Brown had started with a 3-pointer on the first possession, and followed it up with a thunderous dunk on the next.
  — Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2024
• On the other hand, Gordon is dunking on Lyles without any worries.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
• Canada was led by R.J. Barrett, who scored 21 points, including an emphatic dunk on the last basket of the night.
  — NBC News, 28 July 2024
• Trust me: If a Democrat did something like this, Republicans would be dunking on him from here to kingdom come.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
• There is no one easier to eviscerate, no one easier to dunk on, no one easier to prove wrong than this alien from Planet No-Doy.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
• First, with the Spurs playing a zone, Antetokounmpo spun through the defense and put down a thunderous dunk on several Spurs.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
• Yes, the internet has predictably gone all in, righteously dunking on the people who paid untold sums for a pilgrimage to the desert only to get trapped in miserable conditions.
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
• Rather than just relentlessly dunking on redneck culture, this story still helps to evolve both the characters and general storytelling of Family Guy as a whole.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2023
• Ticketmaster was even subject to a Senate judiciary hearing in January, in which senators from both sides of the aisle dunked on the company for cornering the market, specifically citing its inability to deal with Swift’s presale.
  — Byrachel Shin, Fortune, 11 July 2023

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024