How to Use fadeaway in a Sentence

fadeaway

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• The big man even handled the rock with ease and went the length of the floor to hit a little fadeaway and extend the lead.
  — Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 12 Jan. 2021
• James broke the record with a fadeaway with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2023
• Jerome Hunter hit a mid-range fadeaway and Adam Kunkel got downhill on a drive for a lay-in.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2023
• Loyd answered with a layup then Taurasi hit a fadeaway at 2:14.
  — Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2021
• There were a ton of 18-foot fadeaway shots, with somebody (else) wide open.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2023
• Miller, a 6-foot-3 guard, scored her 31st point on a game-winning, one-legged fadeaway jumper.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023
• Each year a few new colorways hit the market and get snatched up faster than a fadeaway.
  — Christopher Friedmann, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2023
• James needed to make his fadeaway jump shot to win the game or Team Durant would’ve had a chance to win with a 3-pointer.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
• The rebound ricocheted to J.R. Smith, who drained a spinning, fadeaway jumper at the buzzer to give Cleveland the record.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland.com, 19 May 2017
• His fadeaway out of the paint is almost automatic and a shot that is rare for point guards.
  — Dallas News, 5 Dec. 2022
• Irving’s first field goal was a smooth, mid-range fadeaway over Garland.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2022
• McLain fielded a sharp ground ball behind the second base bag, raced to tag the base and made a fadeaway throw to first off of one leg for the 6-3 double play.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 24 May 2023
• Bryant got the last laugh, nailing a game-winning fadeaway over Harden to end the game, sending the Drew League crowd to rush the court and wrap their arms around the 6-foot-6 guards waist.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• Porter threw up a fadeaway shot that missed, and his momentum carried him backward, over a chair that fell to the ground with him.
  — Aaron Reiss, kansascity, 4 Oct. 2017
• Back in to start the fourth, Theresa posted up her defender, called for the ball, took two dribbles into the paint and sank a fadeaway, her first shot of the game.
  — Alexa Philippou, Star Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020
• DeRozan took the final shot, a 15-foot, one-legged fadeaway defended by Caris LeVert that rimmed out.
  — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
• Hit a tough fadeaway, one-footer and pick-and-roll situations a lot.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Mercury News, 20 May 2017
• And Bradley, charged with slowing Anthony Edwards, scored 14 including a fadeaway to beat the shot clock deep in the fourth.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2022
• When Perrantes heaved a fadeaway jumper in the lane, Isaac also elevated and swatted the ball with his left hand.
  — Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 July 2017
• James broke a tie with less than one minute left by hitting a fadeaway, desperation three from 34 feet with a swollen eye and Curry’s hand in his face.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 20 May 2021
• Andrew Funk caught fire late in the first half, hitting a contested 3-pointer, then a deep fadeaway with a hand in his face on the next possession.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
• His team needed one basket to win, and James spun back and shot a high-arcing fadeaway over a double team that arrived just a second late.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2022
• But for many, many years, Dirk has found a way to launch one-footed fadeaways against determined defenders.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• Early in the quarter, Foster helped the Red Storm keep pace with a tough fadeaway jumper followed by a thundering dunk off a pass from Dantzler.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
• At the other end, Tatum hit a tough baseline fadeaway with 16.6 seconds left, and James’s desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer was not close.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
• In Game 2, Preston received a pass on the baseline before shooting a stepback fadeaway.
  — Jesse Newell, kansascity, 1 Oct. 2017
• Jalen Brunson tossed in a tough fadeaway while being guarded by Smart in the paint, but was initially called for an offensive foul.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
• Paul moved the 7-footer all around the floor then put up a little fadeaway that Antetokounmpo couldn’t touch.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2021
• And then Clarkson completes the anti-swindle by taking a tough fadeaway floater from the baseline, a very difficult shot.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
• The latter's deep fadeaway 3 as the shot-clock expired gave Kansas some breathing room again, and the Big 12 champs coasted from there into Monday night's title game.
  — Dave Skretta, ajc, 3 Apr. 2022

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fadeaway

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• James set the record with a fadeaway jumper with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter.
  — Camille C. Knox, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
• Huerter hit a fadeaway jumper as Atlanta cut the deficit to 82-75.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2021
• Like Oral Roberts has a 7-foot-5 guy [Connor Vanover] who can shoot 3s and pass and hit fadeaway jumpers.
  — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
• The first was a dribble handoff for Hailey Van Lith that ended in a fadeaway 15-foot jumper from the left baseline.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2022
• The crowd at the Little Tokyo gym roared as the basketball player, his team down a dozen points, dodged a defender, spun and hit a fadeaway shot.
  — Chris Kuo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• The Lakers kept feeding those two stars in the post, and Markkanen forced them into fadeaway shots over his 7-foot length every time.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
• James followed that with a step-back 3 and then drained a fadeaway turn-around jumper in the corner before shaking his head at Cleveland' bench.
  — Tom Withers, Star Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
• Allocco cut off Kaluma’s path to the basket, stayed with him on a pivot and got a hand up as Kaluma lofted a fadeaway jumper that nestled through the net.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• Sharpe missed his first two shots — both threes — on Thursday and committed a turnover before sinking a fadeaway jumper from the right baseline.
  — oregonlive, 9 July 2022
• By netting a fadeaway jumper with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter, James broke the record, threw his arms up in the air and the arena erupted with a finals-like celebration.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2023
• With a full second left in the first half, Langford took the ball out of bounds under his own basket, throwing a high pass to 7-footer Post, who made the catch and hit a fadeaway jumper near the left baseline.
  — Ken Powtak, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
• For the second straight night, Allen delivered, forcing OG Anunoby into a fadeaway six-footer that bounced off the rim.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2021
• Edwards tied Game 5 with 3.7 seconds left on a fadeaway corner 3-pointer.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 29 Apr. 2022
• Instead, Johnson turned his back to his Utah Jazz defender, wheeled around and rose for a fadeaway rainbow of an 18-footer that found nothing but net.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Oct. 2021
• That set the stage for Arceneaux, who swished a fadeaway 3-pointer with two Kimball defenders in his face to send the game into overtime – the third-straight overtime game for Kimball.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021
• In the fourth quarter, McLemore helped stave off a Charlotte rally with some key shots, none bigger than a fadeaway corner three with under a minute remaining.
  — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2021
• His teammates might as well have been standing in Fenway Park by the time Durant isolated his defender, plowed toward the basket, hit the brakes and fired a fadeaway jumper from high over his head.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
• The junior forward took a few dribbles with her left hand, put a filthy pivot spin move on Iowa’s Monika Czinano and knocked down a fadeaway jumper with a little over three minutes left in the first quarter.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 28 Nov. 2022
• Martin was forced into taking tough fadeaway jumpers, Cole couldn’t get into a rhythm shooting-wise, and Sanogo had trouble dealing with Creighton’s tough, physical defense.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• His ease Friday beating defenders off the dribble, draining fadeaway jumpers and driving through the key for dunks was an encouraging sight for a Golden State team that has struggled at times to get Curry enough support.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2021
• Later in the period, Embiid and Towns collided seven-foot frames with Embiid bouncing off Towns for a fadeaway jumper, a three-point opportunity and some hip thrusts in celebration on the floor.
  — Chris Hine, Star Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
• James set the record with a fadeaway jumper with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter.
  — Camille C. Knox, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
• Huerter hit a fadeaway jumper as Atlanta cut the deficit to 82-75.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2021
• Like Oral Roberts has a 7-foot-5 guy [Connor Vanover] who can shoot 3s and pass and hit fadeaway jumpers.
  — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
• The first was a dribble handoff for Hailey Van Lith that ended in a fadeaway 15-foot jumper from the left baseline.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2022
• The crowd at the Little Tokyo gym roared as the basketball player, his team down a dozen points, dodged a defender, spun and hit a fadeaway shot.
  — Chris Kuo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• The Lakers kept feeding those two stars in the post, and Markkanen forced them into fadeaway shots over his 7-foot length every time.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
• James followed that with a step-back 3 and then drained a fadeaway turn-around jumper in the corner before shaking his head at Cleveland' bench.
  — Tom Withers, Star Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
• Allocco cut off Kaluma’s path to the basket, stayed with him on a pivot and got a hand up as Kaluma lofted a fadeaway jumper that nestled through the net.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• Sharpe missed his first two shots — both threes — on Thursday and committed a turnover before sinking a fadeaway jumper from the right baseline.
  — oregonlive, 9 July 2022

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