How to Use floater in a Sentence

floater

noun

• Finn: Jaylen up to 32 points with a floater in the lane to cut the Heat lead to 6.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
• Teague faked, drove and shot a floater too strong off the lane.
  — Michael McCleary, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2021
• Flagler hit a 3 and made a nifty floater in the lane to make it 5-0.
  — Stephen Hawkins, Chron, 17 Mar. 2022
• Herro missed a floater that would have won the game at the buzzer.
  — Paul Kitagaki Jr., Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
• Castleton has a soft touch in the paint with hooks and floaters.
  — Stan Son, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
• Clouden followed with a floater off the backboard to push the lead to nine.
  — Eli McKown, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2022
• Her floater in the lane at the end of the third gave Newington a 38-29 lead.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
• Her floater in the lane at the end of the third gave Newington a 38-29 lead.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
• Then a floater 10 feet from the basket swished through.
  — Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2021
• And then their point guard (Chucky Hepburn) got in the lane and had the shot-clock floater.
  — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
• Her second shot was a short, point-blank floater in the lane.
  — Sean Gregory / Uncasville, TIME, 15 May 2024
• Eric Paschall hit a floater in the lane that seemed to steady the Wildcats.
  — Dan Gelston, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• In the pick and roll, get into my mid-range or to the basket or a floater.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2023
• Brunson brought the ball up the floor, knifed his way into the paint and got the floater to bank in, plus the foul.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
• Wallace sank a trio of free throws and Jackson dropped a floater in the paint to cut the lead to 25-22.
  — Staff Report, ExpressNews.com, 15 Jan. 2021
• But the Aztecs calmly ran a play for Pulliam, who hit a floater in the lane.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2022
• No threes and force them to take those inside floaters.
  — Percy Allen, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
• Nice floater from Allen Flanigan to put Auburn in front.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 11 Jan. 2022
• Gilmore stayed with him and forced a tough floater with 12.1 seconds left.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2023
• Reaves capped the scoring with a floater in the lane over McBride with 27 seconds left.
  — John Raby, ajc, 13 Feb. 2021
• McCain drove to the basket in the fourth quarter and put up a floater.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
• Justin Smith puts in a floater near the rim to push Arkansas’ edge to 30-17.
  — Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2021
• Walker could have sealed the win with a nifty floater in the lane with 21 seconds left.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2019
• Do as the locals do and order yours with a rum floater on top.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 July 2023
• Make a good pass or just shoot a little floater or jump shot.
  — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 18 June 2019
• Jordan Whitfield made a floater as time expired in the first OT to tie the game.
  — Noah Trister, ajc, 3 Mar. 2022
• Westbrook set up Bradley Beal for a floater in the lane for the dime and the milestone triple-double.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 9 May 2021
• The two got up countless shots, from floaters to pull-up jumpers to 3-pointers.
  — Tom Green, AL.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Jalen Tate opened the scoring for Arkansas with a floater in the lane.
  — Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2021
• Lincoln Park made it all the way to the state championship game, where Thomas, with under 15 seconds left, hit the game-winning floater.
  — Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025