How to Use water polo in a Sentence

water polo

noun
  • Jaron is a player on the water polo team and swim team.
    The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Wilde was the captain of the South Eugene water polo and swim teams this year.
    oregonlive, 21 June 2023
  • In the pool, the U.S. women's water polo team routed Japan, 25-4.
    Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 24 July 2021
  • The school district has swim and water polo teams, but no swimming pools of its own.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
  • Fall 2022 felt like a long time coming for water polo in Texas.
    Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Garcia served as a swim, dive and water polo coach at Alvin High School for more than 30 years.
    Carissa D. Lamkahouan, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Hickman broke the 1990 school record of Gavin Arroyo, an Olympian in water polo.
    Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024
  • Christmas came a little late for the Mar Vista High girls water polo team.
    Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2023
  • In his his 26th season at Santana High, boys water polo coach Rod Bowen at last took the plunge.
    Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2021
  • The water polo teams spent the first 1½ months of the academic year holding weekly Zoom chats.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2021
  • He's signed a five-year contract with U.S. water polo, but details of the deal have not been disclosed.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Clark decided to join the swim team to improve his speed for water polo.
    Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Logan Powell has returned to be the boys’ and girls’ water polo coach at San Clemente.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The sport takes place in the fall along with girls golf, tennis, cross country, water polo, and girls’ volleyball.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
  • As an adjunct to water polo, Black also joined the swim team for training.
    Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The women's water polo team won its third gold in a row; the women's volleyball team won its first.
    Alex Connor, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Thuc Nhi Nguyen on water polo: The goals were relentless.
    Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2021
  • But remember, water polo players can’t touch the bottom of the pool with their feet.
    Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
  • It's been a tight contest, but Team USA is a quarter away from taking bronze in men's water polo.
    NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • There are many more athletes to be seen in water polo, volleyball, golf and lacrosse.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
  • Hungary, a powerhouse in men's water polo that was chasing its 17th Olympic medal in this event, missed all three of its shots in the shootout.
    NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Lilly used that as a way to help drive interest in the water polo program.
    Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The Wilsons say that USC sent them a receipt and thank you letter for their gift to the school’s athletics program, with the head water polo coach copied.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The pool is more than just a home to the many swimmers, divers, water polo players and synchronized swimmers who use it.
    Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Hojreh was accused of abusing nine water polo players, between the ages of 13 and 17 at the time.
    Summer Linstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • And our swim team was far more popular than our football team and water polo was as well.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
  • As fate would have it that foray into water polo also caught the eye of Navy recruiters who had come to his school.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Chester, for example, wears skirts and crop tops but is also a star player on the school's water polo team.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Newsom said the state agreed to pay for some outdoor sports like football and water polo, but not indoor sports.
    Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2021
  • In a tournament featuring the top teams in SoCal the Lancers girls water polo team came out on top!
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022

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