How to Use tournament in a Sentence

tournament

noun
  • She's an excellent tennis player who has won many tournaments.
  • The win advances the Sounders to the round of 32 in the take-all-comers tournament.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The Cadets last reached the high school state tournament in 2021.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 2 May 2024
  • What’s even worse, Mohr adds, is that Smith didn’t have to break the rules to have a shot at winning the tournament.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Aug. 2023
  • With the tournament taking place on the other side of the earth, game times will be on the later side.
    Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2023
  • Through their first five games in the tournament, the Aztecs shot an average of 42.48%.
    Kristie Rieken, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The Colts finished with 193 team points to finish first in the tournament.
    oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2023
  • And just like that, the 2023 US Open tennis tournament is coming to a close.
    Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Morning frost in the Valley of the Sun delayed the start of the tournament for an hour and 45 minutes.
    Adam Schupak, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Among the patrons were a group of deaf people who had come to the bar for a cornhole tournament.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The last five minutes of this might be the best of the tournament - and that includes the end of Gonzaga's thriller against the Bruins.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • People might say, San Diego State might win all these games, but that style doesn’t win in the tournament.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
  • There also were a couple of plays an inch or two from being talked about for the rest of the tournament.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
  • Several of the best pool players in the country were part of the tournament.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Raleigh will host the East Regional round in the 2028 tournament.
    Katie Peralta Soloff, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The next race of the tournament is slated to take place Down Under on Sunday, April 2.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2023
  • At the end of the regular season, the best eight teams will square off in a three-round playoff tournament.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Its team had never won a game at the tournament before.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Kansas State is coming off a blowout loss to a TCU team looking to make a run in the tournament this year.
    Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The Swedes are the only unbeaten team in the tournament and have given up just two goals in three games.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Starting Tuesday night against the Atlanta Hawks. – In the play-in tournament.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The four would have been displayed on the court, each on its own pedestal that showed the relevant tournament logo.
    Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Stokke even caddied for Fowler during the Par 3 Contest ahead of the tournament.
    Jolene Latimer, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • On Saturday, their hard work will pay off when the team takes the ice for the first time at a tournament in Delaware.
    Michelle Miller, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Bal noted the mishaps in the Copa tournament could provide a road map to making the 2026 World Cup a success.
    Ece Yildirim, CNBC, 17 July 2024
  • Players in the first-ever state fair tournament will compete for a $2,000 prize.
    Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2023
  • What to know When is the Olympic volleyball tournament?
    Matt Bonesteel, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • An Olympic Gold was the last notch the Serbian player needed to add to his roster of wins at each of the major tournaments.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Golf fans can expect substantial changes at the 2025 WM Phoenix Open after event runners spent the past eight months tweaking how the historic tournament will function.
    Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
  • For the second year in a row the tournament began with single wild-card games in each conference, followed by best-of-three first-round series in which draws go directly to penalty kicks.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024

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