How to Use letterman in a Sentence

letterman

noun
  • Smith was a four-year letterman and three-year starter for the Pirates.
    Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 1 May 2021
  • One by one, the players walked to the 10-yard line to be draped in a Wyoming letterman jacket.
    Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2019
  • The three-year letterman was happy to have his cleats touching the grass field again.
    Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, 3 Aug. 2020
  • There were clear rain ponchos worn over the letterman jackets in the show.
    Vogue Runway, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Walsh was a four-year letterman at Aquinas College in his home state of Michigan.
    Brad Joyal, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Thomas, a two-year letterman, is a punt and extra-point long snapper.
    Arkansas Online, 21 July 2022
  • He’s played hockey most of his life and was a three-year letterman as a defenseman in high school.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • And her styling of course included the letterman jacket and cuffed jeans.
    Lauren Adhav, Cosmopolitan, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Smith was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at East Carolina.
    Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 2 May 2021
  • His father was a three-year letterman for the Central Michigan football team in the mid-1990s.
    Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Lopez was an All-Pac-10 defensive back and a four-year letterman.
    Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The agent kept his look casual in a white, red, and black letterman jacket over a black turtleneck shirt and light-wash jeans.
    Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Feb. 2022
  • My father was a superb athlete and had been an 11-time letterman in high school.
    WSJ, 3 Apr. 2018
  • As a senior in 1972, the three-year letterman was named team captain and made All-American.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The clip starts out with Natalia donning a USC letterman jacket and doing a sassy hair flip.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • How many coaches can rock a Louis Vuitton letterman jacket on the bench?
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The Westfield High School graduate was a two-year letterman at Wabash.
    Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Shayla wore shades and a letterman’s jacket and was all dolled up as a celebrant should be.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 June 2023
  • Jim Gruver Gruver was a four-year letterman in track and field and played one year of football and two of basketball.
    Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • In high school, Kremer was a four-year letterman and starter in football and basketball.
    John Maffei, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • There was a letterman sweater at Michael Kors, as well as mashed-up jerseys at Dolce & Gabbana.
    Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Beemer was a four-time letterman at Ball State, batting .286, and team captain in each of his final three seasons.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2022
  • The four-year letterman may eventually move across the diamond to first base at the next level.
    Scott Boeck, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
  • Ron wore his 1961 blue-and-white Pine Village letterman’s jacket.
    The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Bold flower prints, jaunty sailor hats, and a louche suiting mix with chunky boots and letterman jackets.
    Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • A four-year letterman for the Engineers, he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs after college and spent four years in the minors.
    Kerrie Mitchell, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2004
  • Around the same time, a rumour began circulating that a man in a green letterman’s jacket had been the one to drop off the package at the Judge Building.
    Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The Panthers have 17 lettermen back this season that includes eight offensive starters and four on the defensive side of the ball.
    Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, 20 July 2019
  • The rapper and Rumi rocked black leather jackets, while Blue Ivy was seen wearing a classic letterman jacket.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
  • The rapper and Rumi rocked black leather jackets, while Blue Ivy was seen wearing a classic letterman jacket.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024

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