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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nice floater from Allen Flanigan to put Auburn in front.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, 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
  • Justin Smith puts in a floater near the rim to push Arkansas’ edge to 30-17.
    Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2021
  • Do as the locals do and order yours with a rum floater on top.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 July 2023
  • 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
  • Jalen Tate opened the scoring for Arkansas with a floater in the lane.
    Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Young drove into the lane and found some open space for a floater, but wasn’t able to convert.
    Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Then Trey Pulliam made a floater in the lane, and the Broncos were corralled for good.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Upshaw was the floater for the day, filling in where needed.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Jokic missed his first three shots: a layup, a fadeaway and a floater.
    oregonlive, 29 May 2021
  • But the rest of the team couldn’t find a single shot that would fall — not a floater, not a free throw, not a 3-pointer.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
  • All-Star knocking down an absurd floater from three in the first half.
    Joe Morgan, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2022
  • His most notable play of the first half was when Williams drove to the basket like a guard and made a weak-hand floater.
    Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Nice catch The best catch of the day came on a 20-yard floater from quarterback Lamar Jackson to Andrews in the two-minute offense.
    Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
  • Then came an opportunity on a floater and Montgomery pounced, ripping a winner that, with one stroke, seemed to change the match’s momentum.
    Varun Shankar, Washington Post, 30 July 2024

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