How to Use dive for in a Sentence

dive for

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• No one has to urge him to dive for a loose ball, either.
  — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• Hunt was able to carry him, spin and dive for the goal for the score.
  — cleveland, 15 Dec. 2020
• Kids can hop into the pool and dive for Easter eggs.
  — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
• But that hustle, that desire to dive for a loose ball, that remains.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
• This is where Omega set a new world record for the deepest dive for a timepiece.
  — Jeremy White, Wired, 7 Mar. 2022
• Fuller was down on the field in the end zone for some time after the contact and his dive for the ball.
  — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• Friday, the stage wasn’t as big, and Panik had to dive for the ball and flip from the dirt.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2021
• Fisch then called a fullback dive for Clay Markoff, who gained 4 and a first down.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2021
• Someone has to dive for it — either you, a tablemate who is nearer, or a waiter.
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
• Bounces off tackle, and beats the defenders to pylon with a dive for 38-yard score.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
• This adaptation, along with a lung that nearly spans the length of their body, enables sea snakes to dive for up to hours at a time.
  — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
• The young men who showed up early this month to dive for tusks harbored no apparent skepticism.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• Inconsistent tackler who will lower his face mask and dive for the ankles.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2021
• In the fourth quarter, Paulino kept his legs churning on a goal line dive for a 2-yard scoring plunge.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2023
• The soldiers heard the whistle of the incoming rockets and had seconds to dive for cover.
  — Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• Penix wouldn’t have been able to shock the college football world with his daring dive for the pylon in OT.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Oct. 2020
• Stephanie Mencimer shined a powerful light on this story in a deep dive for Mother Jones.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• During the flash crash the market took a precipitous and short-lived dive for no apparent reason.
  — Simon Constable, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• Of course, Werner isn’t the first woman to consider the ocean as a place of renewal, nor the first to dive for her own food.
  — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2018
• In the second quarter, Larsson again sacrificed his body to dive for a loose ball, picked it up and hit Burks for a layup.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
• Seeing Michigan players dive for loose balls and other 50/50 ones?
  — Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
• His first-quarter touchdown came to him from Wilson short to the left, and Eskridge turned it up the field to dive for the pylon.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
• Screen for the ball handler up top, create some separation, dive for the hoop, and either nimbly lay it in or viciously throw it down.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
• That came in the third quarter when Sheffield, trying to dive for the end zone, had the ball slip out of his hand, hit the pylon and go out of bounds for a touchback.
  — John Bohnenkamp, ajc, 16 Oct. 2021
• The pace was frantic as Miami’s dive for the end zone came up feet short early in the third quarter Saturday.
  — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 5 Sep. 2021
• Chaos quickly unfolds as players on benches dive for cover, those on the ice frantically skate toward exits and fans flee their seats.
  — Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
• In the fifth, Kirk lifted a fly to right, but the wind pushed the ball back toward the infield so fast that Kwan had to sprint to get close enough to dive for the ball.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 May 2022
• Diving Ducks As the name implies, diving ducks such as greater and lesser scaup, canvasbacks, and redheads dive for their meals.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 2 Nov. 2023
• Freshman lineman Briley Barron’s dive for center square earned W for the offense.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, star receiver CeeDee Lamb was also injured in the loss while trying to dive for a touchdown catch.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024