How to Use winger in a Sentence
winger
noun-
The Avalanche picked the winger in the fifth round, 139th overall.
— Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 12 Apr. 2021 -
The 18-year-old winger was named OHL rookie of the year.
— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023 -
The 33-year-old winger is in the midst of his best season in a half-decade.
— Peter Warren, Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2023 -
The winger played the ball across the box for Picault, who slid to finish off the play.
— Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2021 -
Lysell, chosen No. 21 in the ‘21 draft, is a right winger, the same as Smith.
— Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022 -
The Blues winger has perhaps the best shot in the league but does not bring much else to the table.
— Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 26 July 2021 -
Jawneh, a winger, seemed to be a bit of a strange signing when the club added him last week.
— Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 4 July 2022 -
But this is the playoffs, and the 24-year-old winger wasn’t about to wait for assistance.
— BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2021 -
This raises the question - what is Chelsea’s plan for the Ukrainian winger?
— Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023 -
The 20-year-old winger has not played a single minute so far this season.
— Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 May 2021 -
He’s been excellent at right back and out wide as a winger.
— Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2022 -
There are the pregame chest bumps in the hallway, when the loud, gregarious winger ramps up for the game.
— New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021 -
Then just the players out for Gold Cup hurts a lot at the winger position.
— Jayna Bardahl, The Enquirer, 8 July 2021 -
And 22-year-old winger Tajon Buchanan, who plays for Canada, won the young player award.
— BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2021 -
Then there’s right winger Tajon Buchanan, who transferred from Brugge last month.
— Andrew Dampf, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024 -
The 16-year-old winger is a project and starts his Dortmund career with an injury.
— Manuel Veth, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023 -
Megan Rapinoe had an opening for a header at the back post in the 67th minute, but the Reign winger sent it just wide.
— oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2021 -
Laraway, a Dauphin Kings alum, was a winger whom the Bruins selected with the No. 18 pick in the ’74 draft.
— BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2021 -
As a winger, Rusnák’s touches declined in each of the RSL’s first three games.
— Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 May 2021 -
Forward Tomas Tatar The winger hit the 20-goal mark last season for the seventh time in his career.
— Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023 -
Uriel Antuna, a 25-year-old right winger, had space and his strike grazed off the goalie’s touch into the left side of the net.
— Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023 -
The winger couldn't agree to stay any longer than that tenure because of not being adult age.
— Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 -
When Santi Moar was out, striker Greg Hurst had to play winger.
— Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2022 -
The ball fell to Salem al-Dawsari, a veteran winger who once played a single game in the Spanish league.
— Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022 -
Normally a winger, Weah played right back in his last two games with club team Lille.
— Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2022 -
Brazilian winger Antony’s first few weeks in Portland have been calm.
— oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Steve Martinson was a rugged winger on St. Cloud's first line.
— Star Tribune, 5 Apr. 2021 -
Cabral, 21, is a speedy winger who primarily plays on the left side.
— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021 -
His new left winger, with the departure of Zach Hyman, could be Michael Bunting.
— BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021 -
The Russian winger has only missed 35 games because of injury.
— Stephen Whyno, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
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