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
• The girls complete the heptathlon with the long jump, javelin throw and the 800-meter run.
  — Al.com Reports, al, 16 May 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Murphy also had a ninth-place finish in the long jump with a 22-2.
  — Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 4 June 2022
• Haessly also competes in sprints and the long jump in track and field.
  — Michael Osipoff, chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2021
• Harrison became the first man to compete in the medal rounds of the high jump and the long jump since the 1948 London Olympics.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2021
• Colquitt was second in the long jump at 21 feet, 11 ½ inches, or one-half inch out of first.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2022
• Beckmon finished third in the long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 6 inches.
  — oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2022
• Juan Miguel Echevarria for the men’s long jump gold medal with a winning jump on the last attempt.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2021
• Sheehan High senior Erin Brennan didn’t make the finals of the pole vault or the long jump.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2022
• Thursday will see the athletes compete in the long jump, javelin and 800-meter race.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• In the jumping events, Paige Nelson managed to pull off a sweep of her own, winning the triple jump and long jump.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 22 May 2022
• Harrison won the high jump and long jump to qualify for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 29 June 2021
• Finishing third-place were Nathan Henley in the boys 400-meter and Camelia Mosley in the girls long jump.
  — Dennis Victory, al, 27 Mar. 2023
• Senior D’Jior Delisser won the high jump and the long jump and also finished second in the 55.
  — Lori Riley, courant.com, 12 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024