How to Use quarterfinal in a Sentence

quarterfinal

1 of 2 noun

• He lost in the quarterfinal.
• Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals to make it to the semis.
  — Town & Country, 11 July 2023
• The ax would fall if — maybe when — Inter fell in the quarterfinals.
  — Andrew Das, New York Times, 16 May 2023
• At the last tournament in 2019, the team fell to England in the quarterfinals.
  — Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
• Oxford was the runner-up and knocked off Pell City in the quarterfinals.
  — Joseph Goodman, al, 14 July 2023
• That’s followed by the round of 16 on Nov. 19 and then the quarterfinals and semifinals.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
• At the end of the preliminary round, which goes through May 23, the top four teams in each group advance to the quarterfinals.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2023
• The Tigers were playing in a regional quarterfinal for the first time since the 2009 season.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2024
• By the time Saturday’s quarterfinals rolled around, the Toreros seemed spent.
  — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
• Sinner made his first big splash in 2020, reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open in his debut.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
• The quarterfinals, semifinals, third-place match and the big finish will all air live on Fox.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 July 2023
• Nadal hadn’t lost a single set on clay since falling to Thiem a year ago in the Italian Open quarterfinals.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
• Indeed, no game over the next month will be nearly so decisive as the draw for the quarterfinals.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• One came in the Mountain West tournament, 64-61 in the quarterfinals.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023
• And there is enough strength elsewhere to generate a side that could likely reach the quarterfinals in 2026.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• By the narrowest of margins, Sweden was going on to the quarterfinals, and the U.S. was going home.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• The women’s and men’s quarterfinals start on Sept. 5, the women’s semifinals are on Sept. 7 and the men’s semifinals are on Sept. 8.
  — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2023
• The Tigers are 13-15 all-time in the postseason with two visits to the semifinals, four to the quarterfinals and seven second-round trips.
  — Jimmy Lay, al, 9 Aug. 2023
• The teams also met in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics, playing to a draw before the Dutch were eliminated on penalty kicks.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• The top two teams in each of the four groups will advance to the quarterfinals, with the final to be played at Hard Rock Stadium outside Miami.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• Henry, who captained France to the quarterfinals of the 2019 Women’s World Cup, is expected to join the team later this month.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
• The numbers aren’t gaudy, but the Falcons were productive with the ball and employed a defense that held down a team that reached the state quarterfinals a season ago.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023
• The Masked Singer's quarterfinals kicked off in royal fashion.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
• Durie made the comment when their Australian Open quarterfinal had been suspended by rain at one set apiece.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 13 July 2023
• Brazil was knocked out of the World Cup in the quarterfinals last December when the country lost in a dramatic penalty shootout to Croatia.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
• The Johnnies finished the season with an 18-15 record after an overtime loss to Marquette in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2023
• In the dozen years of the tournament’s current format, two teams have made the march from first round to quarterfinals to semifinals to champion.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• Although her journey on the show came to an end with her elimination, Culpo managed to advance to the show’s quarterfinals.
  — USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
• Menlo-Atherton brought a heavy dose of defense to its quarterfinal at home against Cupertino as the Bears rolled on their home court.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
• The tournament will continue with the top-eight teams in December (the winners of each group plus the best two teams who did not win a group), with the quarterfinals of the knockout round taking place Dec. 4 and 5.
  — Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023

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quarterfinal

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• The Swedes have prevailed in the recent Olympic matches - a 2016 quarterfinal shootout and in the group stage at the Tokyo Games.
  — Steven Goff, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
• In the quarterfinal match with the Netherlands, there was a hiccup.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• The number rises to 80 for the quarterfinal round and to 95 in the semifinals and finals.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• The quarterfinal match was not the only one affected by the high temps.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
• The winners of the first-round games will advance to play the four teams with byes in the quarterfinal round, which will be held at bowl games on or near New Year’s Day.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 1 Dec. 2022
• The series, which has been on a break since Nov. 13, resumes with more quarterfinal matchups Jan. 5.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2022
• Japan is part of the tournament’s Pool B, which plays its opening-round and quarterfinal games at the Tokyo Dome.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• That marked the first time the Americans trailed a World Cup game since extra time of their 2011 quarterfinal draw with Brazil.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• The source told The Times that the league alerted all the quarterfinal teams of the uniform situation last week, ahead of the neutral-site games in Vegas.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• There were more than 700 matches Friday, which was enough to set the quarterfinal rounds for each weight class and the semifinal rounds for some.
  — cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
• The Jaguars escaped with the narrow win in the back-and-forth consolation quarterfinal game.
  — al, 28 Dec. 2022
• Germany and Latvia will play in a quarterfinal game on Wednesday.
  — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
• Brazil plays next on Friday against Croatia in the quarterfinal round, and it will be favored to win that game, too.
  — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2022
• Stone would go on to fall in the quarterfinal round to Colony’s Gia Jones via a first-period pin later Friday.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Dec. 2022
• Ryan scored a season-high six goals and added two assists in a state quarterfinal final win over Catonsville.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2023
• In fact, with men's and women's action entering the quarterfinal rounds, some of the best matchups are taking shape.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
• Ohtani started two games for Japan — its pool-play opener in Tokyo against China and quarterfinal against Italy — and closed in the final.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• The quarterfinal round will be single elimination, while the semis and final will be best-of-three.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
• The Bucks led by as many as 16 in the consolation quarterfinal contest.
  — al, 28 Dec. 2022
• Eubank also led the Raiders with 18 points in their quarterfinal win over Highlands.
  — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2023
• The Panthers swept Baker in their quarterfinal matchup.
  — Al.com Reports, al, 7 May 2023
• In the country’s quarterfinal victory against France, the 30-year-old saved three penalties during the shootout as Australia reached the semifinals for the first time.
  — George Ramsay, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
• After striking a free kick into France’s goal in the fifth minute of that quarterfinal match against the hosts in Paris, the lavender-haired star sprinted to a corner and lifted her arms in joy.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
• After the quarterfinal match, when England beat Fiji, the Princess of Wales, 41, stopped into the team’s locker room to meet the players and congratulate them on the win.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023
• Geena Cookinham netted the winner in the quarterfinal win in Groton.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Nov. 2022
• Winning his state quarterfinal match 6-1, 6-0, Scafidi went on to finish fourth at the state tournament.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2023
• The Boston City League tournament opens Thursday with quarterfinal games at host sites.
  — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• Once the top four seeds in each Group are determined, teams will cross over for quarterfinal elimination games on Monday.
  — Carol Schram, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
• The Mustangs are coming off a regional title and Class 3A state quarterfinal berth.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
• The two-legged tie—with the first game in Madrid—is a rerun of last season’s quarterfinal matchup, when Real won 4-5 on aggregate en route to a record 14th competition trophy.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023

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