Examples of body check in a Sentence
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If any anatomical anomalies are detected, an invasive body check ensues.
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Grace Byron, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
Long after the puck is gone, Hagel loads up and delivers a high, hard body check that makes some head contact on Barkov.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
McAvoy’s thunderous and clean body check on Connor McDavid in the first period also got his team going.
—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
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Grace Byron, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
Long after the puck is gone, Hagel loads up and delivers a high, hard body check that makes some head contact on Barkov.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
McAvoy’s thunderous and clean body check on Connor McDavid in the first period also got his team going.
—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
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“Body check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20check. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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