How to Use kicker in a Sentence

kicker

noun

• The real kicker came when the chairman announced that he was quitting.
• The kicker would still plant a tee at the 35-yard line.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• The kicker had the ball in his hand ready to put it on the tee.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022
• Where the kicker comes to play is the role of AI Ethics.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 July 2022
• Peel hit the kicker, and sailed into the back of the truck with a thump.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
• The kicker remains back on the other half of the field with the ball teed up at the 35-yard line.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• Bears kickers have to deal with the wind whipping off the lake.
  — Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
• But the kicker was that her kids said, 'Mom, don't be stupid.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2023
• The Union’s first kicker, Gazdag, slipped in his approach and sailed the ball high over the net.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2022
• Bill Brundige blocked the kick of the 5-foot-7 Yepremian, and the kicker tried to pick up the ball and throw it.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
• At some point, that will change, and the Colts need a kicker who can make them.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2022
• Kohl’s Kicking rates him the No. 1 kicker and the No. 6 punter in the nation.
  — Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2024
• As a kicker, he’s held onto one last dose of the virus.
  — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 27 June 2024
• The kicker here is that this bonus will cash as soon as the $5 wager is placed.
  — cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022
• But here’s the kicker: As the price of bonds go up when lots of people buy them, yields go down.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
• The Colts have spent the last three seasons searching for a kicker.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2022
• The kicker made up for it with his go-ahead field goal later in the quarter.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• The second-year kicker is now 23 of 32 on field-goal tries for the season.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
• Here’s a look at kickers and punters to watch this fall.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• Bironas adds two extra points to set the NFL record for most points by a kicker, with 26.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
• Three kickers were drafted over the three days by NFL teams.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
• From the Washington Post, a story on the rise of kickers.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• The 13-year pro, known as one of the league’s best place kickers, was steadfast in his denial.
  — David Close, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
• Brett Favre comes out of retirement to be the new kicker.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2022
• There are two musts for the Browns in this draft: Receiver and kicker.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2022
• My first thought is the score and situation had more to do with it than the kicker.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• In fairness to York, the Ravens’ great kicker, Justin Tucker, missed a try and had one blocked.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 24 Dec. 2022
• The Chiefs' kicker Harrison Butker then kicked a field goal to win the game 38-35.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
• Jansen is the second notable special teams move for the team this week, as the squad signed kicker Matthew Wright to a future/reserve deal on Tuesday.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2025
• That distinction now belongs to kicker Jason Sanders, who was taken later in the 2018 draft, the final one under former coach Adam Gase.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 5 Mar 2025