How to Use Cornhusker in a Sentence

Cornhusker

noun
  • Four Cornhusker turnovers played a large part in that, including a game-losing interception on their final drive of the night.
    Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 2023-09-01
  • Walz was a native of the Cornhusker State before moving to Minnesota.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes, 2024-09-04
  • While medical cannabis is legal in 38 states, the Cornhusker State is making its third attempt to legalize it.
    Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 2024-06-24
  • But this voter rights issue, a separate controversy, has also drawn attention to the Cornhusker State.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 2024-09-23
  • Howdy Doody is apparently a regular attraction at parades and fairs throughout the Cornhusker State and police just asked the driver to be careful and keep moving.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 2023-08-31
  • In a year when tax reform was already the norm, the Cornhusker State raised the bar for the region and the country by simultaneously accomplishing major income- and property-tax reforms.
    Jim Vokal, National Review, 2023-07-20
  • In a place where boys grow up dreaming of becoming Cornhusker football players, many girls are equally passionate about some day playing volleyball for a Nebraska team that annually ranks among the nation’s elite.
    Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 2023-08-30
  • Volleyball's Success Nebraska volleyball has built a legacy as storied as the Cornhusker football team, winning five national championships, the most recent in 2017.
    Kolbe Nelson, CBS News, 2023-08-30
  • Following in the footsteps of another Guthrie at Heritage, current Nebraska Cornhusker DB Rex, Tanner gives the Eagles a sure tackler (120 tackles in ’24) in the secondary with high-level ball skills (3 INTs) and the IQ to match.
    Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025

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