How to Use alley-oop in a Sentence

alley-oop

noun

• Kai Jones put him on a poster on an alley-oop dunk in a highlight play.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• His first points came on an alley-oop dunk off a lob pass from Wembanyama.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2024
• The audience doesn’t just hand you an alley-oop slam dunk every time.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
• LaVine follows up his first dunk by catching an alley-oop from the free-throw line.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• At times, its post players were flying, catching alley-oops that brought the house down.
  — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
• Plus, Harden would rather pass than shoot, and Allen could catch a few alley-oops.
  — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
• Utah Valley had a chance to tie but failed to convert a last second alley-oop attempt.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
• Within eight seconds, Acuff floated an alley-oop pass to Ewin for a slam.
  — Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
• Tramon Mark finds Nic Codie on an alley-oop, and the crowd goes nutty.
  — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
• And even then, that was an alley-oop score of a transition pass from Tyler Herro.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
• Fears has been good all year, as evidenced as the timing on this alley-oop pass against Kansas.
  — Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
• Isaac Davis missed a potential tying alley-oop dunk with three seconds left.
  — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
• The Cardinals threw down an alley-oop's worth of it Wednesday.
  — The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2024
• Then Rosero and Memo Rodriguez teamed up for what felt like an alley-oop off a corner kick.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024
• This result is a high-scoring alley-oop-fest broken up only by about a million three-point attempts.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
• For anyone else, these alley-oops would be spectacular, highlight-reel plays.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2025
• Jamerson spun for a layup and Donovan Dent threw an alley-oop to Dailey.
  — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
• Rozier missed a jumper and reverse layup and threw an errant alley-oop to Ware in his four scoreless minutes.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
• The highlight of the half was a transition alley-oop dunk from Dent to Dailey.
  — Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
• For his next attempt, Stephon Castle nabbed a solid hammer slam off an alley-oop look.
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
• Doncic flipped a half-court alley-oop to Jaxson Hayes, who finished it with a reverse dunk.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
• Reid, who played at LSU, had two 3-pointers and an alley-oop dunk during the run.
  — CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
• An Okla alley-oop slam was the dagger and Pettway and the North fans erupted as time ran down.
  — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
• Okpara’s alley-oop and two free throws by Jordan Gainey cut UF’s lead to six.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
• The high-flyer even flew in to finish an alley-oop dunk after Diarra set him up off the backboard.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2025
• Oso Ighodaro followed that by throwing down an alley-oop dunk for a 53-49 lead.
  — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2024
• But Cadeau found Mara for an alley-oop dunk and converted a tying layup in the final seconds.
  — Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
• Pierre nearly came up with a steal on the ensuing inbounds pass, and Kansas moved downcourt for an alley-oop dunk.
  — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2026
• The Kings went up by 20 when Monk threw a lob to Keon Ellis for an alley-oop dunk.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
• And when Green tried to creep over to double team him, Davis found Jaxson Hayes for an alley-oop.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024