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
  • Learn Boxing from the Best Impressed by the jabs and hooks of world-class prizefighters?
    Anna Kim, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Berry acquired at least a few of her injuries while playing a prizefighter in the 2021 film, Bruised.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2024
  • 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

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