How to Use touchdown in a Sentence

touchdown

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• What was the plane's speed at touchdown?
• Rodgers has yet to throw a single touchdown pass for the city.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 24 July 2023
• There were six touchdowns and four field goals in the workout.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• The Rattlers led 56-27 before the Knight Hawks scored a touchdown to end the third quarter.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2023
• Howe made arguably the most impressive throw of the day for what would have been a 75-yard touchdown.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2023
• The Aggies have won three games in overtime and three others by a touchdown or less.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
• Dane Thompkins punched it in for a touchdown two play later.
  — Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
• The Chiefs and Cowboys produced just three touchdowns in 18 series in those games.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Wilson, 34, threw for 16 touchdowns, by far the lowest mark of his career.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
• The second was a 62-yard touchdown against the New Orleans Saints in the game Stafford suffered a season-ending spinal bruise.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• While Maes did most of his damage in the first half, scoring three touchdowns, Herman was fresh for the second.
  — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• The final catch for Tiger Bachmeier from Bear Bachmeier was a touchdown.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
• With his ankle and shoe taped up, Kelce went on to make the highlight reel in the second half, scoring a touchdown in the third quarter.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
• In order to keep their hope of winning alive, Alabama had to score a touchdown.
  — Don Yaeger, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Lauletta came in to finish the drive, resulting in a touchdown for the Generals.
  — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2023
• On the next play, Jefferson threw the game-winning touchdown pass to Tyrone Broden.
  — Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
• The Orediggers mascot is Blaster the Burro, a real donkey who runs the field in Mines gear after touchdowns.
  — Andy Fies, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• Toki had a 40-yard touchdown pass to Kayden Dixon-Wyatt.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• If that had not happened, Butkus said, Sayers could have scored seven or more touchdowns.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
• The 49ers set up a rematch by emerging from halftime and going on a 27-point scoring spree with three touchdowns and two field goals.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• One fan account Tweeted out a quick crash course breaking down who gets to keep the ball for how long, and how a touchdown is scored (this will come in handy later).
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
• Coming into the game, the Showboats had allowed a touchdown on all 11 of their opponent's red-zone trips.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2023
• Everett caught a five-yard touchdown to complete a three-play possession that started at the Saints’ 25-yard line.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
• Ty Simpson showcased his arm strength on a couple of impressive throws and ran the option for a long touchdown.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 5 Aug. 2023
• His last play was a 79-yard touchdown play-action pass to wide receiver Darnay Scott.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
• The Packers didn't even allow a touchdown that day; Dallas got seven field goals from Chris Boniol.
  — Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
• Prior to that, the deep-threat wide receiver caught three touchdown passes throughout the season and added two more in the team’s NFC Championship game.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
• Scouting report: The Patriots lost four games by a touchdown or less last season.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
• Auburn’s most promising receiver prospect, Brown, had just nine catches for 123 yards and two touchdowns as a freshman.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 29 Mar. 2023
• Lofton scored three touchdowns that game, including the winning touchdown from 1-yard out with 24 seconds left.
  — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024

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touch down

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• India's craft was the first to touch down on the moon's rugged south pole.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 24 Aug. 2023
• Our plane to Rapid City touched down in a pounding rain.
  — Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2023
• The two 747s touched down in Poland, one before the sun, the other in late morning.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• The stars have touched down in Paris for the conclusion of Fashion Month.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
• Most snow falls at 1.5 mph, taking about an hour to touch down.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2023
• Prince William has touched down in Singapore for the first time in more than a decade.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
• But problems greeted the crew the moment the Titan touched down.
  — Ben Goggin, NBC News, 20 June 2023
• Travis Kelce has touched down — not in the end zone, but in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023
• That year, SpaceX is planning to demonstrate the lander could touch down on the surface of the moon.
  — Micah Maidenberg, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2022
• If all goes well, it would be expected to touch down on Feb. 22.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
• The odds that a tornado touched down in the area are high, officials said.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
• The city of Rocky Mount said the tornado touched down in the northern part of the city and crews were responding to the damage.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 July 2023
• Vande Hei is slated to touch down in Kazakhstan, aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule, at the end of the month.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2022
• The last one touched down in May after spending 276 days in orbit.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle touched down in Jamaica.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
• The Franklin rover would touch down in a region of Mars’s northern hemisphere called Oxia Planum.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 19 May 2022
• DraftKings picked an excellent time to touch down in the Buckeye State.
  — cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
• With Sonoran tejano hat tilted to the side, Carin León and his botas will touch down on the Stagecoach stage for the first time next year.
  — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• But, what will become of the two once the wheels touch down in London, what will come of this chance encounter, and is love at first sight real?
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 8 Sep. 2023
• The sun was shining as the flight touched down because the area experiences 24-hour sunlight at this time of year.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
• Still, the spacecraft was able to touch down just about 180 feet east of its landing site, achieving a precise landing, one of the main goals of the mission.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• The medics soon arrived and treated him in an ambulance as the helicopter touched down.
  — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• Three to six major hurricanes could touch down with winds of 111 mph or higher.
  — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 24 May 2022
• The Top Gun sequel isn’t the only high-profile title expected to touch down in Cannes this year.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2022
• Jacob Fato took a touch down the left sideline and curled the high shot off the crossbar, as the Gators maintained their 1-0 advantage.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2022
• The couple touched down in Mumbai on Friday, and enjoyed a day of yachting before their big night on the red carpet.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 Apr. 2023
• But Elliott struggled with his touch down the stretch, shooting 1 for 13 from long distance over MU's last six games.
  — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2022
• The ploy worked long enough to give the reconnaissance scouts time to make their way to a place near the Dong Nai River, where there was room for the Cobra to touch down for just a moment.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
• Previous moon missions touched down on the moon’s equator.
  — Popular Science, 22 Aug. 2023
• Until the first commercial flights touched down on the island in 2017, the remote isle could only be reached via a five-day boat journey from South Africa.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024