How to Use touch football in a Sentence
touch football
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Offer to take the kids out for a walk in the woods or for a game of touch football in the yard.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 28 Nov. 2019
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The actor shared a very cute video of the couple playing touch football (quite well by the way) on the beach with friends.
—Essence, 14 Jan. 2022
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Thompson played stoopball against the front steps and touch football in the alleys.
—Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021
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At the beginning of this episode, Nick injures his spine in a game of touch football.
—Allison Jiang, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021
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Get outside in the fresh air to walk off a large feast or organize a game of touch football.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2020
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Though his brother had a frail knee, Mr. Menaker had dared him to play running back in a touch football game.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2020
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And by no means engage in any Wiffle ball or touch football with them.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2017
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To play touch football, kids need a football and a street or parking lot, of which there are plenty in the inner city.
—Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Feb. 2018
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This setting is made for players who are fast, much like touch football.
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 20 June 2021
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Football’s Pro Bowl has become touch football played in pads, as the players who agree to show up try to avoid injury.
—William Power, WSJ, 15 May 2022
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Some play touch football, or bring hockey gear for the occasion.
—Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2021
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The rock star wanted to play some touch football, so Kinzbach put together a team that the elder Hoyer played on.
—Mike Rose, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
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For years, 7-on-7 touch football has been billed as a safe way for players to stay in shape until tackle football starts up in the late summer.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2019
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Vermont high schools will play seven-on-seven touch football this fall.
—Alex Putterman, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2020
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Many of us do that by watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade or tossing around the pigskin in a friendly game of touch football.
—Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2022
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We are treated to a shirtless game of touch football on the beach, which doesn’t quite match the original volleyball game for sweaty camp subtext.
—New York Times, 26 May 2022
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Delightful one-touch football in the build up play pulled Costa Rica's defence apart.
—SI.com, 22 June 2018
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Patrick Mahomes entered the N.F.L. with all the gravitas of a fifth grader playing touch football at recess.
—Joe Drape, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
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Organize a family game of basketball or two-hand-touch football at the park.
—Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2019
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In the second phase, the groups were brought together in a series of zero-sum competitions: baseball, tug-of-war, touch football.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2022
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Like many head injuries in touch football, the contact was incidental.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2019
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Your idea of relaxation may be a game of touch football or another competitive team sport, or treating yourself to a day at the spa.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2019
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It’s used for softball, basketball, touch football and Little League practice.
—Washington Post, 10 June 2021
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Following the victory over Washington, Garrett played a game of touch football with family and friends more than two hours after the game.
—Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2020
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My wife, Michelle, and I and our three children spent many happy hours there playing baseball, soccer, and touch football, and having picnics in a beautiful setting.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2021
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The youngsters spilled into the street on a breezy spring afternoon, a few riding their scooters and rollerblading as others played touch football, their game stopping and starting for passing cars.
—Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
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The unfurling snap of a boat sail; the gleaming Formica in a desert rest-stop diner; golden bodies playing touch football in the California surf while a magic-hour sun goes down.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 12 May 2022
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Why, in other words, are Republicans playing touch football while Democrats play tackle?
—Hugh Hewitt, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2018
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Yes, Chopra essentially reserved a private game of touch football in Chicago's Soldier Field.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Sep. 2019
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What that means for your family's annual game of touch football is open to interpretation.
—Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2020
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