Examples of boxing glove in a Sentence
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Brooks, always the jokester, put on a pair of boxing gloves and shadow boxed in the tunnel while his teammates finished off the victory.
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Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
Brooks, wearing boxing gloves, greeted his teammates outside the locker room after the game.
—oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023
Shortly afterward, Blueface seemingly approaches the man and lands a number of punches on him while wearing his boxing gloves.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
But now Diaz will be lacing 10-ounce boxing gloves instead of the four-ounce UFC gloves.
—Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
Hopefully, Ramirez hangs up the gloves (boxing gloves, that is) after his one-punch knockout of Tim Anderson.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
The original debuted in January 2016: an octopus with boxing gloves taking up a fighting stance, to highlight the firm’s eight different business lines.
—Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
Burnie, wearing oversized boxing gloves, squared up with McGregor at midcourt during a timeout in the third quarter.
—oregonlive, 11 June 2023
In this one, a 60-year-old Balboa, who traded in his boxing gloves for the life of a restaurateur, is enticed to fight yet again.
—Good Housekeeping, 16 Apr. 2023
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Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
Brooks, wearing boxing gloves, greeted his teammates outside the locker room after the game.
—oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023
Shortly afterward, Blueface seemingly approaches the man and lands a number of punches on him while wearing his boxing gloves.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
But now Diaz will be lacing 10-ounce boxing gloves instead of the four-ounce UFC gloves.
—Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
Hopefully, Ramirez hangs up the gloves (boxing gloves, that is) after his one-punch knockout of Tim Anderson.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
The original debuted in January 2016: an octopus with boxing gloves taking up a fighting stance, to highlight the firm’s eight different business lines.
—Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
Burnie, wearing oversized boxing gloves, squared up with McGregor at midcourt during a timeout in the third quarter.
—oregonlive, 11 June 2023
In this one, a 60-year-old Balboa, who traded in his boxing gloves for the life of a restaurateur, is enticed to fight yet again.
—Good Housekeeping, 16 Apr. 2023
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First Known Use
1811, in the meaning defined above
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boxing glove
noun
: one of a pair of padded leather mittens worn in boxing
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