How to Use long jump in a Sentence

long jump

noun

• Frech placed eighth in the long jump and fifth in the high jump.
  — Abby Roedel, PEOPLE.com, 3 Sep. 2021
• The next event in the decathlon, the long jump, is scheduled for 10:10 a.m.
  — oregonlive, 23 July 2022
• Davis, also 22, will compete in the Olympics for the first time in the long jump.
  — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 15 July 2021
• Between the 1900 Olympics and the Tokyo Games, five men had jumped in the medal rounds of the high jump and long jump.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2021
• Won the long jump at the Class S meet, took second at the State Open.
  — Dan Brechlin, courant.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• The girls complete the heptathlon with the long jump, javelin throw and the 800-meter run.
  — Al.com Reports, al, 16 May 2022
• Three of those were in the long jump, and two apiece were won in the triple jump, high jump and pole vault.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 9 May 2021
• Smith’s time in the 300 hurdles is the best in the state this spring and her long jump is second.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2023
• Reese won the women’s long jump at the London 2012 Olympics.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
• Rathke is chasing three-peats in both the pole vault and long jump.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
• The Stoughton senior finished third in the long jump at 22-7.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
• Friday’s slate of events includes the long jump, javelin and 800.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2022
• Lauren Reed of Long Beach Poly won the girls’ long jump at 18-7.
  — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2022
• The sophomore finished second in the 1A long jump and fourth in the triple jump.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2023
• Moore, 20, will compete in the triple jump and long jump at the trials.
  — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 17 June 2021
• The long jump is Roberts’s best event—her nickname is Jumpin’ Jay.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 2 Sep. 2021
• Floréal competed for Canada in the Olympics in the triple jump and long jump.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2023
• China’s Jianan Wang won the men’s long jump, his first world gold.
  — oregonlive, 16 July 2022
• Hubbard was the first Black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal, for the long jump in the 1924 games in Paris.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 1 Aug. 2021
• The 16-bit address in the long jump uses an extra byte.
  — Andrew Hudson, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2022
• However, Solon failed to score in the high jump, long jump and pole vault.
  — Joe Magill, cleveland, 11 Apr. 2021
• In 2019, Joseph was second at state in the triple jump, third in the high jump, and didn’t make finals in the long jump.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 8 May 2021
• Holds the Division 1 long jump record in state track and field.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2019
• In the boys’ long jump, East Boston’s Jashua Delacruz won with a leap of 18 feet, 4 inches.
  — Vitoria Poejo, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2022
• Valeriy Brumel won the high jump, but Ralph Boston was edged out in the long jump.
  — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
• The world record for the long jump is held by by Mike Powell, who jumped 8.95 meters.
  — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 11 June 2018
• The winning long jump at this year's Olympics was 8.41 meters.
  — Stephen Wade, ajc, 27 Aug. 2021
• Last quarter the brand was steadily in fifth place but has since made a long jump.
  — Essence Fashion Editors, Essence, 21 July 2023
• Two of those field disciplines — long jump and pole vault — are now among his strongest events on the world stage.
  — Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
• This comes a few weeks after his wife, Olympian Tara Davis-Woodhall, won her gold medal in the women’s long jump.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024