the Olympic Games

noun

formal

: a series of international athletic contests held in a different country once every four years

Examples of the Olympic Games in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When the first World Cup was staged in 1930, its purpose was to establish an independent, global football championship that allowed professional players to compete for a world title, bypassing the Olympic Games’ amateur-only restrictions. — Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

City officials along with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) spent years preparing for the biggest event in Atlanta’s history. — Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026

Advertisement Yet the anniversary of the Olympic Games should invite more than celebration. — Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 17 July 2026

Recognising who comes third at the World Cup is akin to another huge international sporting event, the Olympic Games, which predates it, and gives one of the teams the chance to end their tournament on a high. — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Rhymes for the Olympic Games

• aims
• blames
• claims
• dames
• fames
• flames
• frames
• hames
• kames
• lames
• names
• shames