field hockey

noun

: a game played on a turfed field between two teams of 11 players each whose object is to direct a ball into the opponent's goal with a hockey stick

Examples of field hockey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Prior to Chopra, India had practically no history in track and field, winning most of its Olympic medals in field hockey and wrestling. —

George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024 Read more Kylie Kelce on Body Confidence in Sports, Raising Three Girls, and Jason’s Surprising Hidden Talent The field hockey coach and former student athlete is teaming up with Dove ahead of Super Bowl Sunday. —

Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 3 Feb. 2024 Ivy League family Wanger’s mom, a rheumatologist, played field hockey and lacrosse at Brown. —

Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 Eyre’s high field hockey IQ is a foundational principle of her game. —

Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024 Kylie Kelce Shares Inside Look at 3 Glam Outfit Changes During Milan Fashion Week: 'No Business Being' Here In November, Kelce hosted a youth field hockey camp in Kansas City with the help of her mother-in-law, Donna Kelce. —

Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024 Another leap will likely vault girls’ wrestling past field hockey. —

Marc Levy, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2024 The former field hockey star seemed to have fun with Swift. —

Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024 Joining Beatty in this year’s Louisville Catholic Sports Hall of Fame class are former Mercy athletic director and basketball coach Mark Evans, WLKY-TV sportscaster Kent Taylor, former high school and college basketball coach Charlie Just and former Assumption field hockey coach Debbie Judd. —

Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 15 Jan. 2024

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