How to Use triathlete in a Sentence

triathlete

noun
  • These triathletes of love and care can be found around the state.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2020
  • The Seine was clean long enough to host triathletes this week.
    Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2024
  • This time last year, blind triathlete Amy Dixon was in the best shape of her life.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2021
  • So, triathletes and swimmers alike can track their progress in the pool.
    CNN Underscored, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Bree Soileau, a swim coach and triathlete from Texas, took to the bathtub with her fins.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Velasquez lauded the turnout and the effort by the young triathletes.
    Denys Bucksten, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2017
  • The triathlete won silver with Team USA in the mixed relay.
    Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Mosier, a world-class triathlete, is the first trans man to make a men's U.S. National Team.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2020
  • These days, the 19-year-old is on the fast track to be considered one of the nation’s best triathletes in her age group.
    Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2019
  • The kid became an Iron Man triathlete but had a cycling crash a few years ago.
    Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, 30 June 2018
  • Donna thought Karen was there to coach some triathletes.
    Lori Riley, courant.com, 4 June 2018
  • Matt is an Ironman-level triathlete and Teri loves to hike and run.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 20 July 2022
  • Transition areas for triathletes — the places where athletes shift from the swim to the bike and the bike to the run — will have to be larger.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2020
  • And rain did fall in the hours just before the triathletes dove into the river today.
    Jessica Leigh Hester, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
  • After joining in 1993, the triathlete rose through the ranks at GE to become the head of the company’s largest unit.
    Thomas Gryta, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The two are both triathletes and met over a common love for running that their children share.
    Michael Walsh, courant.com, 17 June 2019
  • Back home in Pittsburgh, he was known in his circle as the triathlete, Karla said.
    Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 4 June 2017
  • Most of the newbies in Catalina were triathletes who were looking for a new challenge.
    Adam Skolnick, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Sanden, a world-class triathlete before the accident that damaged her spine, doesn’t just walk the talk.
    David Whiting, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2017
  • There were real concerns that the triathletes might not make it into the river.
    Helen Massy-Beresford, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The training hot box is familiar to two-time Olympic triathlete Katie Zaferes.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • Gold medals have been earned by a Filipino weightlifter and a Bermudian triathlete.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
  • More Loving is a two-time Boston Marathon runner and a triathlete.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2020
  • In all, eight teams will participate, consisting of 32 of the best triathletes from all over the world.
    Sarah Crosland, Courtney Devores, Theoden Janes, Lia Newman, Mark Price, Kathleen Purvis, Helen Schwab, charlotteobserver, 18 May 2017
  • The triathlete has been swimming in open waters for decades and competing in the Ironman event since 2005.
    Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Four years ago, Shirin Gerami — then 24 — was on a quest to become Iran's first female triathlete.
    Cristina Goyanes, Teen Vogue, 27 June 2017
  • Palekar actually got her start as a triathlete as the urging of her mom.
    Gary Curreri, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2017
  • His wife, Gretchen, is an Ironman triathlete, but Tuff wasn’t much of a swimmer, hadn’t run a marathon, and wasn’t a real cyclist.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2021
  • Two triathlete swimmers dropped out of competition due to illness, though neither linked it with swimming in the Seine.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Many endurance athletes like runners, cyclists and triathletes train the majority of their time in what’s called zone two, or the endurance zone.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 26 July 2024

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