How to Use pacesetter in a Sentence

pacesetter

noun

• The Pro Bowl linebacker is a pacesetter for everything the Ravens do in games and in practice.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
• The senior point guard is the pacesetter and playmaker for the Wildcats.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2021
• Then, Corum, its pacesetter, hurt his knee and the Wolverines started to show some cracks.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2022
• Liforme was one of the pacesetters for eco-awareness in the industry.
  — Mary Billard, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2019
• With a thousand metres to go, the pacesetters let Kipchoge run alone.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2019
• North Texas is the pacesetter as far as teams with losing records appearing in bowls.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• Some big-city marathons, like Berlin and London, use three élite pacesetters, who start the marathon and then drop out between the halfway and three-quarter marks of the race.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2019
• In 2016, Faller was the pacesetter for a group of five Barons that finished seven seconds apart.
  — Andrew Turner, Daily Pilot, 3 Nov. 2017
• Shiffrin was ninth fastest in the first run, 1.43 seconds behind pacesetter Federica Brignone of Italy, who went on to win the race.
  — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2017
• At that point, Woods was three over par and seven strokes behind the early pacesetter, Marc Leishman, who was part of his group.
  — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
• Leaders are gone: It's been a tough year in Brunswick with many pacesetters dying.
  — 'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 21 July 2017
• Chapman and Alex Bregman of Houston are the new pacesetters in what is becoming a new golden age at third base.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• Seniors are the likely pacesetters here, though one or both will probably be asked to up his production through the air.
  — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2017
• Gaffalione settled his mount just off of a moderate early pace set by Richard the Great and responded midway through the far turn when the pacesetter gave way.
  — Tim Dwyer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 May 2017
• The north London club is six points adrift of the early pacesetters — Manchester rivals City and United.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2017
• In the fall, most national polls showed that Ms. Warren was the national pacesetter in the Democratic field.
  — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
• The surprising thing is that Chrysler, and not Toyota – the hybrid pacesetter – was the first to market with an electrified minivan.
  — G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram, 15 Dec. 2017
• The surprising thing is that Chrysler, and not Toyota - the hybrid pacesetter - was the first to market with an electrified minivan.
  — G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
• Woods is three adrift of early pacesetter Paul Casey of England, who also kept a bogey off his card on his way to a 7-under 65, with five birdies and an eagle.
  — Paul Gittings, CNN, 12 Nov. 2020
• However, a defeat last time out at Elland Road to early pacesetters Swansea was a blow.
  — SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• The pacesetter’s lack of class — Diamond Blitz was coming off three straight modest-level claiming wins — hit him by the middle of the second turn.
  — Larry Stumes, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Apr. 2021
• The final stage is a flat 60-mile ride from Las Rozas to a finish in Spain’s capital when custom dictates that no rider challenges the pacesetter . . .
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
• Five years later, Dustin Brown led the Kings to their title with a spectacular playoff run as their captain and pacesetter.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• Mu tracked pacesetter Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia for the first 500 meters before taking over.
  — oregonlive, 24 July 2022
• From Week 5 on, however, Marvin’s owners were starvin’. Jones turned out to be a mere pacesetter, racing out to a fast start only to be overtaken by much of the field on the backstretch.
  — Pat Fitzmaurice, SI.com, 2 Aug. 2017
• Medical centers and biotech companies rushed to place orders for the X Ten to remain pacesetters in the genome sequencing arms race.
  — Time, 12 Oct. 2017
• With two friends running with him as pacesetters, Bannister churned around Oxford’s Iffley Road track, his long arms and legs pumping, his lungs gasping for air.
  — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2018
• With two friends running with him as pacesetters, Bannister churned around Oxford's Iffley Road track.
  — Chris Lehourites, Houston Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2018
• Conquest See Ya was second, followed by Amigo and 21-1 pacesetter Corvus.
  — baltimoresun.com, 24 June 2018
• And straggler companies missed out on 34% of its potential revenue, or $3.4 billion, compared to the pacesetter, the research found.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024