How to Use floater in a Sentence
floater
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Finn: Jaylen up to 32 points with a floater in the lane to cut the Heat lead to 6.
—Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
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Teague faked, drove and shot a floater too strong off the lane.
—Michael McCleary, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2021
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Flagler hit a 3 and made a nifty floater in the lane to make it 5-0.
—Stephen Hawkins, Chron, 17 Mar. 2022
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Herro missed a floater that would have won the game at the buzzer.
—Paul Kitagaki Jr., Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
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Castleton has a soft touch in the paint with hooks and floaters.
—Stan Son, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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Clouden followed with a floater off the backboard to push the lead to nine.
—Eli McKown, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2022
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Her floater in the lane at the end of the third gave Newington a 38-29 lead.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
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Her floater in the lane at the end of the third gave Newington a 38-29 lead.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
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But Parker made a floater in the lane, pushing the lead to 3.
—Andrew Keh, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2016
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Then a floater 10 feet from the basket swished through.
—Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2021
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And then their point guard (Chucky Hepburn) got in the lane and had the shot-clock floater.
—Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
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Her second shot was a short, point-blank floater in the lane.
—Sean Gregory / Uncasville, TIME, 15 May 2024
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Eric Paschall hit a floater in the lane that seemed to steady the Wildcats.
—Dan Gelston, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2018
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In the pick and roll, get into my mid-range or to the basket or a floater.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2023
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Brunson brought the ball up the floor, knifed his way into the paint and got the floater to bank in, plus the foul.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
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Wallace sank a trio of free throws and Jackson dropped a floater in the paint to cut the lead to 25-22.
—Staff Report, ExpressNews.com, 15 Jan. 2021
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But the Aztecs calmly ran a play for Pulliam, who hit a floater in the lane.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2022
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No threes and force them to take those inside floaters.
—Percy Allen, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
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Nice floater from Allen Flanigan to put Auburn in front.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 11 Jan. 2022
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Gilmore stayed with him and forced a tough floater with 12.1 seconds left.
—Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2023
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Reaves capped the scoring with a floater in the lane over McBride with 27 seconds left.
—John Raby, ajc, 13 Feb. 2021
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McCain drove to the basket in the fourth quarter and put up a floater.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Justin Smith puts in a floater near the rim to push Arkansas’ edge to 30-17.
—Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2021
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Skinny: Hogan threw floater to a spot -- the Houston 40.
—Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com, 17 Oct. 2017
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Walker could have sealed the win with a nifty floater in the lane with 21 seconds left.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2019
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Do as the locals do and order yours with a rum floater on top.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 July 2023
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Make a good pass or just shoot a little floater or jump shot.
—Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 18 June 2019
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Jordan Whitfield made a floater as time expired in the first OT to tie the game.
—Noah Trister, ajc, 3 Mar. 2022
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Davison, who did not play in the second and third quarters, opened the fourth with an 11-foot floater, followed by a steal that led to a Pritchard three.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
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But Makenzie answered back with a soft floater off glass, and Pelster hit a massive top-of-the-key 3 to push Mullen’s lead to 16 entering the fourth.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
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