How to Use jumping jack in a Sentence

jumping jack

noun

• We did a few jumping jacks to warm up.
• Warm up with 5 minutes jogging, cross-country skiing, or jumping jacks.
  — Mallory Creveling, Women's Health, 16 June 2023
• Cuban is doing jumping jacks with scores of people at the gym and patiently emailing with your conspiracy-theorist uncle.
  — Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
• Ride a bike, do lunges or jumping jacks to stretch them out.
  — Kate Cavanna-Dunham, Esquire, 27 Aug. 2015
• For the jumping jack, rather than jumping both feet out at once, step one foot away from your body at a time.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 27 Dec. 2022
• The 6-8 jumping jack hit all nine of his shots – five of them impressive dunks – to finish with a team-high 18 points.
  — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2022
• Stepping jacks: This is a jumping jack in slow motion — without the jump.
  — Tara Parker-Pope New York Times, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
• Like a classic jumping jack, this warms up my entire body.
  — Michael J. Lewis, Men's Health, 1 July 2022
• Think: jumping jacks, slow mountain climbers, even a light jog will suffice.
  — SELF, 28 Apr. 2019
• There is funding for the city’s beloved jumping jack program, through which block parties around the city can apply to get a bounce house to set up for the day.
  — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2020
• There's also arts and craft projects and instructions to stay active and do jumping jacks.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2020
• Children counting off each punch, kick and jumping jack.
  — Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot, 24 July 2019
• Some health experts have come up with jumping jack challenges.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2022
• Spades equaled squats, Clubs meant crunches, Diamonds for jumping jacks and Hearts for pushups.
  — Michael Candelaria, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• This low-impact version of a jumping jack is pretty much a pure cardio move.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 26 Feb. 2022
• By the middle innings, pitchers had stopped tossing warm-ups and lounged on the mound while infielders took to jumping jacks to stay warm.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2019
• Those are like jumping jacks compared to the more strenuous task of the finding the under-the-radar difference makers.
  — Bob Klapisch, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
• Try jumping jacks, jogging in place, squats, crunches, marches or lunges.
  — Jenny Crouse, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2018
• Sometimes, classes for the younger students start with a vigorous session of jumping jacks to get the fidgets out.
  — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 5 Apr. 2020
• There’s Gal doing jumping jacks, a robot arm move, and flopping on her knees—all while flashing six-pack abs in a knotted tee and slouchy jeans.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
• Wear safety glasses Safety glasses can save your eyes when sparks shoot around and jumping jacks fly into the air.
  — Joshua Trudell, ajc, 27 June 2018
• Start with shadow boxing to get your heart rate up, then move to pushups, skipping, crunches, jumping jacks, punching in the air (great for a shoulder pump!).
  — Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 3 Oct. 2017
• On another occasion, Adrian told a case worker that he was forced to stand in the corner and do jumping jacks and push-ups all day.
  — Samantha Schmidt, chicagotribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• Think walking around your block or doing jumping jacks between episodes of Ted Lasso.
  — Danielle Blundell, Women's Health, 31 May 2023
• After a 15-minute treadmill workout and some jumping jacks, our tester said the Uriage deodorant passed the sniff test and didn’t transfer onto black clothing.
  — Lacey Muinos, Health, 25 May 2023
• Immediately jump again and return your arms and legs to the starting position to finish one full jumping jack.
  — Erin Beresini, Outside Online, 27 May 2015
• The quality and feel of each jacket was tested via us walking around and performing tasks while wearing them — including jumping jacks.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
• Instances of the abuse included James being forced to do exercises -- jumping jacks and wall squats -- along with standing in front of a fan with no clothing but his underwear, according to the complaint.
  — Amanda Watts, CNN, 15 Feb. 2020
• WeBo jacks’ before every practice (chanting out the letters during jumping jacks).
  — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 25 Nov. 2019
• Officers didn’t appear to hold major drills on Saturday, but could be seen doing jumping jacks and stretching inside a sports stadium.
  — Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 15 Sep 2024