Examples of body check in a Sentence
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McAvoy’s thunderous and clean body check on Connor McDavid in the first period also got his team going.
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Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
That prompted Gamecocks 6-foot-7 center Kamilla Cardoso to run over and body check the 5-10 Johnson to the floor.
—David Whitley, The Tennessean, 12 Mar. 2024
On the ice, no one in the league blocked more shots on average this season than Trouba, who isn’t even tops on his team in hits but is known for big, crushing, clean open-ice body checks that have otherwise largely disappeared from the sport at its highest level.
—Stephen Whyno, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
He usually is sent onto the ice if the Rangers or MSG need waking up with a couple of violent body checks or strategic penalties.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
Brinkley also called regular total body checks a must.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
And doing regular total body check ups..that is a MUST!
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2024
And as the ball sailed through the air, Brooklyn guard Dennis Schroder was delivering a light body check to Conley’s sternum.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2024
There are crushing body checks, like the shoulder-to-chest flattening of Connor McDavid in February of last season.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
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Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
That prompted Gamecocks 6-foot-7 center Kamilla Cardoso to run over and body check the 5-10 Johnson to the floor.
—David Whitley, The Tennessean, 12 Mar. 2024
On the ice, no one in the league blocked more shots on average this season than Trouba, who isn’t even tops on his team in hits but is known for big, crushing, clean open-ice body checks that have otherwise largely disappeared from the sport at its highest level.
—Stephen Whyno, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
He usually is sent onto the ice if the Rangers or MSG need waking up with a couple of violent body checks or strategic penalties.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
Brinkley also called regular total body checks a must.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
And doing regular total body check ups..that is a MUST!
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2024
And as the ball sailed through the air, Brooklyn guard Dennis Schroder was delivering a light body check to Conley’s sternum.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2024
There are crushing body checks, like the shoulder-to-chest flattening of Connor McDavid in February of last season.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
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“Body check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20check. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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