How to Use playmaker in a Sentence

playmaker

noun

• The trade was prompted by the promise of Lamb, who emerged as one of the top playmakers in the league.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
• Diggins can score and is seen as a playmaker with the ball in his hands.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2021
• Go ahead and stash the playmaker on New Orleans’ bye week.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2023
• This is a bet that Penix can unlock the team’s playmakers and get this offense out of its rut.
  — Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• One commands the offense with all eyes always on them to be the playmaker.
  — Dallas News, 19 Dec. 2022
• Amon-Ra was drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2021 and has become one of the hottest young playmakers in the league.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
• And losing DeVante Parker, the team’s best playmaker, on the first play of the game with a knee injury was a tough blow.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
• Flowers also carried twice for nine yards as the busiest playmaker on the team.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
• Gemel, 27, is more of a playmaker, and was acquired because the Wings need depth at center.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 14 Feb. 2022
• Kolek has proven to be one of the best playmakers in college basketball.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2023
• The dynamic playmaker scored the first touchdown of the game on his first offensive snap of the season.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
• Gakpo is much more in the Mané mould—a winger who can also act as an inside forward and a playmaker in one.
  — James Nalton, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• Pelham counters with its own playmaker at QB in Clayton Mains, who can win on the ground or through the air.
  — Dennis Victory, al, 29 Aug. 2023
• Think of these next six weeks as a boot camp for Quickley to grow as a playmaker and learn how to be a starting point guard in this league.
  — Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• The Frankfurt playmaker is in brilliant form and has been world-class in the Champions League.
  — Manuel Veth, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• Although the unit returns all 11 starters, this group is young and looking for a true playmaker.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Feb. 2022
• The loss of Williams means the Chargers will play without their only deep threat and most dazzling playmaker.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
• Sleeper Kord Shaw is a do-it-all playmaker for his high school team.
  — oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2021
• And with the release of Julio Jones, Tennessee could use one more playmaker.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2022
• Pearl noted that Green could’ve helped more as a playmaker when his shot wasn’t falling.
  — al, 26 Feb. 2022
• While the idea of secondary playmaker is valid in some ways, the answer was never Westbrook.
  — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• Part of the weekly drill is adjusting to both Carr and hybrid playmaker Taysom Hill.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
• Next man up With Keller exiting the game in the first period, the Coyotes were without its top playmaker for most of the game.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2023
• Deebo Samuel, for example, might be the best all-around playmaker on the field on Sunday.
  — Jordan Horrobin, Miami Herald, 23 July 2024
• Wallace still has strides to make as a playmaker but can step right into the NBA as a defensive guard who can shoot.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
• In the second half, Lue made a key adjustment, blitzing LeVert out of the pick-and-roll plays and forcing him to be a playmaker.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2022
• The Cowboys do have some explosive playmakers on offense, but don’t do a very good job of getting them the ball.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 17 Sep. 2023
• The Jets have more playmakers, but New England keeps it closer than some might suspect.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
• The duo have been ironing out their high-low game over the past few weeks, with mixed results, but the Pistons want to see Stewart grow as an all-around playmaker.
  — Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 2022
• This season, Monroe has been the biggest playmaker for the Eagles.
  — Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 29 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024