How to Use touch football in a Sentence

touch football

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Thompson played stoopball against the front steps and touch football in the alleys.
    Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021
  • At the beginning of this episode, Nick injures his spine in a game of touch football.
    Allison Jiang, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • And by no means engage in any Wiffle ball or touch football with them.
    Jason Gay, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • This setting is made for players who are fast, much like touch football.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 20 June 2021
  • 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
  • Some play touch football, or bring hockey gear for the occasion.
    Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Vermont high schools will play seven-on-seven touch football this fall.
    Alex Putterman, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • Delightful one-touch football in the build up play pulled Costa Rica's defence apart.
    SI.com, 22 June 2018
  • 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
  • Organize a family game of basketball or two-hand-touch football at the park.
    Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • Like many head injuries in touch football, the contact was incidental.
    Ken Belson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • It’s used for softball, basketball, touch football and Little League practice.
    Washington Post, 10 June 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Why, in other words, are Republicans playing touch football while Democrats play tackle?
    Hugh Hewitt, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Yes, Chopra essentially reserved a private game of touch football in Chicago's Soldier Field.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Sep. 2019
  • 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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