How to Use basketball in a Sentence

basketball

noun

• On the basketball floor, Bridges has been one of the Hornets’ top players.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024
• There's a swimming pool and creek for the kids to splash in, plus a horseshoe pit and basketball courts.
  — Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• It’s been a long, up-and-down basketball season for St. John Bosco.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• The empty swimming pool and weedy basketball courts gave the place a kind of haunted charm.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 11 July 2023
• The Marquette men's basketball team could use a pick-me-up after a stretch that has them at 2-3 in Big East play.
  — Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• The pain was profound in the Gophers men’s basketball team’s loss at Iowa on Sunday.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024
• With that, the conversation turned back to basketball as the Kings embark on a 13-day road trip that could set the course for the rest of the season.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
• Then reports emerged of messy shows in the acoustic hell of basketball arenas.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 Dec. 2023
• Never seen that before in a basketball court in an NBA game.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• To top it off, Kismet sports a garage full of water toys and a basketball and pickleball court.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024
• The freshman guard was cleared by doctors to return to basketball at the end of November.
  — Rishikesh Rajagopalan, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023
• Then the team won the tournament, securing an NCAA bid and a spot in the hearts of basketball fans everywhere.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
• This was supposed to be a learning season for the San Marcos High School boys basketball team.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
• Elsewhere on the show, Teigen shed light on her fun experience as a basketball mom to son Miles.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
• Plus, basketball and the cello don’t go very well together, what with the jammed fingers.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
• He was cut from a film about basketball star Dennis Rodman.
  — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• The players were wearing long basketball shorts and oversized T-shirts.
  — Sam Brief, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
• Men’s basketball coach Wayne Tinkle still has more than $10 million left on his deal.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
• Woodard loves playing basketball and was excited to attend Franklin High School in the fall, Bart said.
  — oregonlive, 28 June 2023
• Your wife goes off and has ten orgasms with a handsome basketball player.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2023
• Season tickets for the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team sold out this year for the first time in the program’s history.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
• Despite his height, Julia and Glen didn't push their son to pursue basketball.
  — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
• The cat-size dragonfly, the double-decker-bus-size rhino, the capybara that could dunk a basketball?
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• Then, Magic dropped his trump card, which almost changed the course of basketball forever.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
• Maybe basketball will bounce Morey to Broadway, after all.
  — Dan Gelston, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2023
• Meghan and Harry took in all the sporting action during the week, from wheelchair basketball to swimming.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
• There was not a single upset in the women’s bracket today, but women’s basketball stars were out in full force.
  — Trisha Garcia-Easto, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2024
• How will the Louisville men's basketball team respond to the challenge of bouncing back from the worst season in modern program history?
  — The Courier-Journal, 2 June 2023
• Baseball, softball and basketball teams, for example, could all see more contests on the other side of the country.
  — Noah Pransky, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
• An activity area is planned at the northern end of the park featuring pickle-ball and basketball courts, a playground and a splash pad.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024