Examples of karate in a Sentence
Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
In the course of barely half an hour, a parent might be expected to rock a baby, pick a crying toddler off the floor, stroke the back of a worried friend, hug a partner, and get karate chopped by a four-year-old.
—Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2023
Determined to turn Dolemite into a blaxploitation karate film starring himself, Rudy cobbles together a screenwriter (Keegan-Michael Key), a celebrated character actor (Wesley Snipes), and a comedian (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), and decides to do it himself.
—EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
The families use each other's help coaching teams and ferrying their kids between piano practice and karate.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
Before her accident, Brooke filled her after-school life with dance, sports, karate, cello lessons and choir practice.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
As an 11-year-old, Brooke had been taking karate, soccer, cello and dance lessons and singing in a church choir.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
Weathers had a black belt in Shotokan karate and became an avid golfer.
—Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
The post included shots of him eating sushi off a model, getting fitted into a traditional kimono, flexing his moves in a karate studio and ad libbing alongside a group of dancers, who were also dressed in kimonos.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
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Word History
Japanese, from kara empty + te hand
1926, in the meaning defined above
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“Karate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/karate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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karate
noun
from Japanese karate, literally, "empty hand"
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