How to Use false start in a Sentence

false start

noun

• If someone makes a false start, the race is immediately stopped and the runners have to start again.
• After several false starts, the researchers were finally able to identify the virus causing the epidemic.
• Nabers, for example, had a bad drop in his first practice on Wednesday and a false start penalty on Thursday.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
• On third and 7, the Ducks are whistled for a false start.
  — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2021
• He was flagged once in the first quarter for a false start.
  — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 11 Jan. 2021
• But the renaming of the Clear Creek gate proved to be a false start.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Apr. 2023
• Trigg’s false start changed the distance and forced Ole Miss to punt.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 1 Oct. 2022
• Fair or not, Michael Dunn was flagged for that false start.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 24 Oct. 2022
• The offense’s first snap was a false start by Trent Brown.
  — Mark Daniels, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2022
• But in view of the bad blood and false starts of the past 12 months, neither seems likely in the short term.
  — Chris Bryant | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
• The first Cleveland penalty of the game was when Wills was flagged for a false start.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2021
• In the next series, Holden was flagged for a false start.
  — Jim Ayello, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2021
• His false start prompted the team to settle for a field goal.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2021
• The other was for a false start in the third quarter, though the Aztecs went on to score a touchdown on the drive.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
• Then came a false start from Atwell, and just like that, Louisville was facing a first-and-24.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 2020
• The Razorbacks had their offense on the field on 4th and 1 but drew a false start.
  — Jason Yates, Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2020
• Third and 5 from the 15, false start on Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu.
  — oregonlive, 29 Oct. 2022
• On the first drive, Auburn’s first drive of the game, the third down pass was forced by a false start penalty that pushed Auburn back.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2023
• The false starts, the delays-of-game and the offsides piled up Saturday.
  — Luis Torres, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• Amari Niblack committed a false start to force a third-and-10.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2023
• But a false start moved the Texans back 5 yards and Park’s 38-yard attempt was wide left.
  — Richard Dean, Houston Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2019
• The Hogs were flagged for a false start and had to settle for Cam Little's 23-yard field goal to move ahead 3-0.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2023
• Twice, the Buffs got to the 1, but both times had penalties –one for false start, one for holding – push them back.
  — Brian Howell, The Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2019
• Arkansas had a false start then ran out the clock with two Trelon Smith runs.
  — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2020
• The Browns opened the next possession with a false start, backing them up to first-and-15 from their own 12.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
• In the first half, Louisville's Adonis Boone was called for two straight face mask calls and the next play Louisville was called for a false start.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2021
• Wynn also flinched on the final drive and should have been called for a false start, but got away with it.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2021
• The mayor refused to say on Tuesday how much the false start and the overall project would cost.
  — Andy Newman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• Hartman had just been kicked out of the faceoff circle for a false start.
  — Dave Campbell, ajc, 21 May 2021
• His first play of the 11-on-11 period drew a false start flag on tackle Josh Jones.
  — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024