How to Use ninja in a Sentence

ninja

noun
  • While most may just talk to their friends, the nunchi ninja takes in the entire room.
    NBC News, 6 Jan. 2020
  • But its eerie grin isn’t even the most unique feature of this deep sea ninja.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 26 June 2018
  • After all, who doesn't want to look like a space ninja?
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2019
  • The ninja-style headwear is not part of the NBA uniform and hasn’t been through the league approval process.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • But since then, no ninja has completed the third stage, let alone the Stage 4 rock climb.
    Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Time and again, evolution has equipped cat-like predators with the combined skills of the wrestler and the ninja.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2012
  • But the little shoe-tying ninja doesn't want to take all the glory.
    Kelly O'Sullivan, Woman's Day, 25 Jan. 2017
  • But the little shoe-tying ninja doesn't want to take all the glory.
    Kelly O'Sullivan, Woman's Day, 25 Jan. 2017
  • Land softly like a ninja, crouch down, swing your arms back and jump back toward the left.
    Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2020
  • He’s often likened to a ninja by the NBC broadcast booth, and for good reason.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2023
  • There is the shine of the headlights and the sounds of a car rumbling down your street, no matter how much of a driving ninja the AI might be.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The go-to perks for this class are tactical mask, flak jacket and ninja.
    Sean Collins, Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2021
  • The tines start turning dirt, wheeling through the earth like ninja throwing stars.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 7 May 2016
  • Deep down, beneath the bluster and the burn, Hamler is a details ninja.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 June 2020
  • By the start of the Edo Period in 1603, the country experienced peace, which over time led to the decline of the ninja.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Then on Wednesday, Bryant returned to the studio for his test to become a ninja.
    Ellen Garrison, sacbee, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Some people went missing, like the parents of Arin (Deven Mack), a boy who wants to be a ninja.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
  • For Sombra to come out of the woodwork, Decay may need to take the reins on Overwatch’s cyborg ninja.
    Sean Collins, Dallas News, 2 July 2020
  • What brand wouldn’t want a little bit of that hyper-stylish, ninja-goth magic?
    Tyler Watamanuk, GQ, 11 Jan. 2018
  • For the virtual ninja, fighting games are more than e-sports.
    Chris Goto-Jones, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2018
  • New England, which has the best ever quarterback and coach, and a ninja for a line coach, in Dante Scarnecchia.
    Albert Breer, SI.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Instead, seek the wisdom of The Sage Owl, the company that makes a stainless steel grill scraper that looks like a ninja star and is built to last.
    Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • The large game room separates people in the restaurants from those using the rides and ninja warrior course.
    Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2022
  • Meanwhile, Lincoln dressed as a red ninja, complete with a sword.
    Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Pull on this sleek, compressive top and prepare to feel like a running ninja.
    Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • There are two zip lines in the Aerial Adventures area as well, along with a pair of ninja courses, a bungee jump and a rock climbing wall.
    Rebecca Treon, Chron, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Talk about my ninja skills coming out…I threw that sucker across the bed against the headboard and stayed on top of the desk until the manager got there to get it!
    Hanna Flanagan, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2019
  • Again in the ninth when Andres Gimenez, Cleveland’s late-inning ninja, doubled with one out.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 23 June 2022
  • The story takes place 20 years beyond where the ninja turtles are in their main series, Eastman says.
    David Betancourt, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The summer program lasts seven weeks, and the meeting with the ninja warriors happened during the sixth week.
    David Anderson, The Aegis, 1 Aug. 2017

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