How to Use jujitsu in a Sentence

jujitsu

noun

• Through the years, she’s done triathlon, jujitsu, boxing, swimming and barre classes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2019
• The San Antonio Spurs team that beat the Heat in 2014 couldn’t have existed without their own salary-cap jujitsu.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 5 July 2017
• Seehorn has been grappling with the weight of the day, attempting to use a form of emotional jujitsu on herself.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022
• And the thing that helps me in [Company], when my character practices jujitsu, frankly.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2022
• With a blue belt in jujitsu, Kaleb is excited to put his competitive edge to the test to win Charity’s heart.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
• The boy must finesse his demon, not overcome it, and do so by means of a kind of psychological jujitsu.
  — Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
• That’s where Mitch Compton has outfitted a gym with a rowing machine, spin bike, battle ropes and a jujitsu mat.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2017
• During the pandemic, the tech mogul took up the martial art of Brazilian jujitsu, winning gold and silver medals at a tournament in May.
  — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
• By getting their version of events out to the public, in advance of that of the Justice Department, the authors have performed a neat bit of publishing jujitsu.
  — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2019
• Same as jujitsu or Spartan Races or cooking, that focus can feel euphoric.
  — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2019
• Jack grew up in San Diego and had been obsessed with Whitney since 2018, after being paralyzed from the neck down in a jujitsu accident.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
• To protect herself on the job, Ms. Clem took up Brazilian jujitsu, which focuses on ground fighting and self-defense.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2021
• The 38-year-old CEO of Meta has previously taken up many new skills, often as part of his annual challenges (jujitsu was not one of them).
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 9 May 2023
• Besides listening to how the Zuck loves jujitsu, Rogan heard Zuckerberg’s musings on the future of work—and how his metaverse could be a game-changer in the remote work era.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022
• Dormu happened to have an office in the same plaza as Rosenberg’s auto shop, between a jujitsu studio and a dentist’s office.
  — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 24 May 2023
• The billionaire reportedly took up jujitsu during the pandemic, when much of the world was in lockdown.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 9 May 2023
• All of the kids practice jujitsu, and Bündchen herself had practiced kung fu in Boston for seven years, with sword and stick fighting — even into her ninth month of pregnancy.
  — Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
• Her accommodation of the army over the past five years was viewed by some as political jujitsu, rather than appeasement.
  — New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
• It’s brilliant business jujitsu: Google has spent billions on Android, and now Facebook comes in and takes over the customer experience.
  — Ryan Tate, WIRED, 19 June 2013
• Twist my arm: Is jujitsu-style training really what police officers need in order to be less dangerous in the field?
  — Rebecca Onion, Slate Magazine, 10 Aug. 2017
• The bike ride there and back plus actual jujitsu practice was three hours of physical activity.
  — Venita Blackburn, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
• His mother, Fatima Lo, posted on Instagram a drawing of him climbing up into the sky, clad in his jujitsu uniform.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022
• In recent years the coliseum hosted gun shows, a jujitsu championship and MC Hammer.
  — Author: Dan Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 23 May 2021
• Stevie Wonder was a paragon of musicality and awards show jujitsu.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2016
• Shortly before he was scheduled to graduate from San Diego State in fall 2018, however, an accident during a jujitsu class left him with a broken neck.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• This jujitsu maneuver is unworkable on other brands (the clever Grand Cherokee L excepted) since the child seats prevent the seats from collapsing forward.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 24 July 2021
• Pedro, an athlete whose sport is Brazilian jujitsu, would love to return to his exercise regimen.
  — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2020
• And while business travel and conventions still lag, sporting events such as Utah Jazz games, volleyball, fencing, jujitsu and weightlifting are bringing in thousands of people from across the country.
  — Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022
• Although warned by fans that Facebook founder Zuckerberg is training in jujitsu—winning a gold medal in his first tournament earlier this year—Musk seems unperturbed.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 22 June 2023
• Neutrinos come in three flavors, morphing from one flavor to another by means of some quantum jujitsu.
  — Quanta Magazine, 8 Dec. 2016

Last Updated: 3 Aug 2024