How to Use prizefighter in a Sentence

prizefighter

noun

• The prizefighter, the pop star, the pro-football player, the prophet.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
• Nolan Arenado wore the cut above his left eye like a prizefighter.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2020
• In the extra five minutes, the Aztecs staggered like a late-round prizefighter, going scoreless on tired legs the final 2:06.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2022
• Suddenly, Nadal punched the air like a prizefighter, flexing his arms like a bodybuilder, pumping his fists overhead, then dropping to his knees as tears flowed.
  — New York Times, 30 Jan. 2022
• The Spartans instead seized an early lead, played staunch defense and kept punching like a scrappy prizefighter.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2020
• Ramírez jumped to his feet, and the two wound up throwing up their hands like prizefighters, ending with both landing punches and Ramírez knocking Anderson backward.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2023
• My little prizefighter, made of plaster, had a larger-than-life counterpart.
  — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
• Costner was a very successful middleweight prizefighter in the 1950s, when too many hits to the eyes blinded him completely and permanently.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 July 2022
• Khan’s role, that of a prizefighter, demanded a lot of physicality but the team opted for a naturalistic body type for the actor based on the South Asian wrestling style Pehlwani.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2022
• There was also the question of believability: Could audiences buy a prizefighter, even a broken one, in her 50s?
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2021
• The wobble descended into her shoulders, trunk, and hips, until Jenny was lurching like a swollen-eyed prizefighter fumbling for his corner.
  — Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2021
• The coronavirus appears destined to march its way through the Greek alphabet—a prizefighter getting quicker, slicker, stronger with each opponent.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• George had anticipated this and given orders to keep her out of Westminster Abbey, even hiring prizefighters as queen-bouncers.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• Taylor appreciated that, during the postgame celebration, Roberts held Taylor’s arm up to the crowd, like a winning prizefighter.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
• Seasoned prizefighters, both, a generation or two apart.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
• Hundreds of thousands of Court TV viewers watched as a prizefighter known for knocking out 32 opponents, testified that her much older and seemingly frail husband had nearly killed her.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 26 June 2021
• Ali, who died in 2016 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease, was both a talented prizefighter and an international symbol of pacifism.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2021
• Is there any difference between these strategies of self-promotion and images that recast Trump as muscular prizefighter or Photoshop his face onto the body of a superhero?
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2022
• The i4 stands more than two inches lower than the BMW 3-Series sedan, another indication of its prizefighter-like capability.
  — Fortune, 16 Oct. 2021
• Finding his place as a prizefighter is not something Paul’s inner circle necessarily saw coming.
  — Mike Bohn, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2021
• As his three bandmates stoically created the bouncy soundtrack, Herring pumped his fist like a victorious prizefighter.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2021
• Competitors enter, prizefighter-like, through an inflatable tunnel sponsored by Johnsonville Sausage.
  — Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024