How to Use midfield in a Sentence
midfield
noun- The ball went out of bounds near midfield.
- The team captains shook hands at midfield.
- They have a talented midfield this year.
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The midfield, once the gritty heart of the team, has lacked for both grit and heart.
— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024 -
From the back of the pack, Williams has clawed their way into the midfield.
— Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024 -
The Cougars scored just 14 points and made it past midfield four times.
— Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Olivia Wade was moved from the midfield to the forward.
— Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022 -
On the bright side, the Broncos have the ball back and are nearing midfield.
— Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2024 -
When the ball found her near midfield, the 5-foot-6 forward launched the ball over the goalie’s head and into the net to tie the game.
— Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024 -
The Gators will look to make up for the loss of two-year captain Chris Gunning in the midfield.
— Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2022 -
The Hawkeyes took over at their 44 but went three and out and punted from midfield.
— Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2022 -
Smith slipped a tackle and then ran up the right sideline in front of the Rams bench to midfield.
— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024 -
Kyron White blitzed in for a 16-yard sack that returned the ball back to the Aztecs at midfield.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022 -
Section 301 This is the midfield club level view, and there’s a lot to like about it.
— Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023 -
It’s not just success from the midfield up, but throughout the team.
— Alex Murphy, Baltimore Sun, 5 Oct. 2022 -
Kerry Abello caused a turnover at midfield that led to a break for the Pride.
— Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2022 -
On the first offensive drive of the game, BYU turned it over on downs near midfield.
— Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022 -
Helped spare Pedri's potential blushes when the '8' lost the ball in midfield in the first half.
— Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023 -
The Cincinnati Bengals went for it on 4th-and-1 near midfield and came up short.
— Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2022 -
Collecting the ball in her own half and crossing the midfield line, Sam Kerr was off.
— Jenny Vrentas, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023 -
That left Weitman to take the lonely walk 48 yards from midfield to the penalty spot.
— Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2022 -
The chance came from a Japanese forced turnover in midfield.
— Usa Today Sports Staff, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022 -
The play was set up by a pass at midfield from freshman Rebekah Harmer.
— Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2023 -
Boyd caught a first-down pass across the middle, while sprinting left to right near midfield.
— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022 -
The drive appeared to stall near midfield, but Marsh ran a fake punt for 29 yards, giving the Panthers new life at the Belleville 24.
— Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023 -
Slowly, beginning in about the 20th minute, the U.S. started to find pockets of space in the midfield.
— Ray Reid, Hartford Courant, 29 Nov. 2022 -
Then Damien Martinez carries for 5 yards, just past the midfield stripe.
— Nick Daschel | Ndaschel@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023 -
Beckham then walked to midfield and launched a pass 60-yards into the back of the end zone, hitting the uprights in one throw.
— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024 -
The best opening of the match came on the hour mark when Bruno Fernandes was fed the ball after a run from midfield.
— Ben Morse, CNN, 5 July 2024 -
Pratt’s theft near midfield early in the fourth quarter led to a go-ahead touchdown.
— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2022
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