How to Use ski jump in a Sentence

ski jump

noun
  • The club built a large (90 feet high) and small (12 feet) ski jump on the crest of the hollow.
    Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2018
  • There’s even a ski jump that isn’t just like a golf course.
    Ben Cohen, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2022
  • There was a hill that was lit up at night, and dads would bring their kids to learn how to ski jump.
    Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2023
  • With three jumpers in Pyeongchang, Illinois is a key part of the ski jumping world.
    Kristen Gelineau, chicagotribune.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The club is one of the leading ski jump groups in the nation, sending three members of the U.S. Olympics four-man team to each of the past two Olympics.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Andreas Wellinger of Germany won the men's ski jumping on the normal hill.
    John Cherwa, latimes.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The normal hill event, including both the ski jump and 10 km, will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 14.
    Stanley Kay, SI.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • It's since expanded, and there are four ski jumping events in Pyeongchang.
    Author: Tik Root, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2018
  • How to fly Three major concepts from physics are at play in the ski jump: gravity, lift and drag.
    Amy Pope, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Fast facts: First tried the sport after watching her brother, Daniel, ski jump. ...
    Paul Myerberg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2018
  • The ski jump is perhaps one of the most intriguing events in the Winter Games to showcase physics in action.
    Amy Pope, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Just like most Latvians use a bobsleigh to get to work & Austrian kids ski jump to school.
    Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • The proposed ski jumps for the Winter Olympics in Denver would be held on this hill in Evergreen.
    Jeremy Fuchs, SI.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Highlights include the first figure skating and ski jumping events of the Games.
    Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The day’s skating and ski jumping events went off with little more than a few Wi-Fi hiccups.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Over the years the grounds included a dance floor, bowling alley, ski jump, ski hill and airport.
    Sharyn Alden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2018
  • There's speed skating, bobsled, even the ski jump, all of which are high speed and just one bad lean away from a dramatic crash.
    Luke Darby, GQ, 24 Feb. 2018
  • The potential for ‘something great’ Close to a century ago, the site was a ski bowl with a ski jump toward the Ship Creek area.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The ski jumps will be open all night long for this fundraiser, with a barbecue, campout, s'mores and breakfast.
    Yoshina Okamoto, Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2018
  • From this tall posture, lean forward with your whole body as if about to take off on a ski jump, keeping a straight line from your heels to your head.
    Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The medical center was built there in 1953, replacing the ski jump.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Visible from across Oslo, the ski jump glints on the mountainside whenever the sun shines.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The campy five-minute action sequence starts with Bond forcing his way onto a ski jump with a would-be killer in pursuit.
    Eric J. Lyman, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Nordic combined features ski jumping and a cross-country ski race.
    USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2018
  • In 1860, Norwegian Sondre Norheim ski jumped, without poles, over a rock.
    Author: Tik Root, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2018
  • The 45-year-old Japanese ski jumping legend was unable to secure a medal in PyeongChang.
    The Si Staff, SI.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • The ski jump initially closed after the 1994 season to manage erosion and pay off outside debt.
    Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Will and Kate walked through the Holmenkollen ski museum and then watched a demonstration from some of Norway’s top under-18 ski jumpers, before meeting them at the top of the ski jump.
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • At the Norge ski jump, which towers more than 150 feet overlooking the Fox River, volunteers plan to use snow guns to blast the hill with ample padding for skiers to land on.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Don’t miss riding a toboggan down a 30-foot-high former ski jump onto frozen Mirror Lake.
    Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 20 Jan. 2020

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