How to Use lutz in a Sentence

lutz

noun

• Two other skaters are trying the quad lutz in the short program.
  — Houston Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2018
• In landing that jump, Zhou became the first ever man to complete a clean quad lutz at the Olympics.
  — Chris Schleicher, Time, 16 Feb. 2018
• Chen, the 2017 U.S. champion, put her hand down on her opening triple lutz and skipped the second part, a triple toe loop.
  — Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Rippon skated well, with one misstep in a triple lutz during the free skate portion of the event.
  — Andrew W. Lehren, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2018
• Teammate Vincent Zhou, who finished sixth, became the first skater to land a quad lutz, the most challenging quad jump, at the Olympics.
  — Time, 17 Feb. 2018
• The 17-year-old was one of three skaters set to try the quad lutz in their short program, according to the Associated Press.
  — Abigail Abrams, Time, 17 Feb. 2018
• Tennell went down during her a triple toe loop after landing a triple lutz.
  — Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 21 Feb. 2018
• Tennell fell on the second part of her triple lutz-triple toe loop combination.
  — Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• One of the six figure skating jumps (along with the flip, loop, toe loop, lutz, and salchow — more on them to come) but the only one that requires the skater to jump into the air while facing forward.
  — Maura Sullivan Hill, Cosmopolitan, 6 Feb. 2018
• Tennell, a 20-year-old jumping machine, held onto a poor landing on the opening jump of her combination, the triple lutz, but then fell trying the triple toe loop.
  — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2018
• Chen’s flawed but gritty performance in the free skate, which included a fall on her triple lutz, did let the United States secure the maximum three entries in the women’s event for the 2018 Olympics.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2017
• Wagner had the crowd going for most of her energetic routine, but a flawed lutz as her final jump was costly.
  — Barry Wilner, Houston Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2018
• An unfortunate landing on a quadruple lutz jump on Nov. 9 derailed that narrative and brought the gold medal back within reach of a handful of contenders.
  — Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• Karen Chen bobbled her opening triple lutz, which was supposed to feed into a triple toe, forcing her to adjust the rest of her routine to squeeze in another combination jump.
  — Dave Skretta, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Seemingly crumbling under the pressure, Nathan Chen’s delivered a disastrous short program, falling on a quad lutz, stepping out of a quad toe loop and putting a hand down on a triple axel.
  — Chris Schleicher, Time, 16 Feb. 2018
• But after landing her opening triple lutz, Tennell was unable to hold onto her triple toe loop, falling on the second half of a combination that had become so familiar.
  — Dave Skretta, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Zhou’s commanding finish included a quadruple lutz and two quadruple salchows — one in combination with a triple salchow — two triple axels and four triple jumps.
  — Elliott Almond, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2017
• Three skaters later came her training comrade, who put down a more difficult program, including a triple lutz-triple loop combination that outdid Medvedeva’s flip-toe loop combo.
  — Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2018
• Hanyu has been the biggest question mark entering the Games; the 23-year-old injured his ankle while training a quadruple lutz jump in practice during a competition last winter and hasn’t competed since November.
  — Time, 16 Feb. 2018
• And, three skaters later, Zagitova broke the mark by completing a difficult program that included a triple lutz-triple loop combination.
  — Tim Brown, OregonLive.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• His jumps, including a quad-lutz-triple-toe combination were impeccable, but his rather basic presentation left something to be desired.
  — Chris Schleicher, Time, 16 Feb. 2018
• Wearing a white tunic and skating as a character out of Japanese folklore, Abe no Seimei, a kind of soothsayer and supernatural protector, Hanyu landed a quadruple lutz for the first time in competition.
  — JerÉ Longman, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2018

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