How to Use floater in a Sentence

floater

noun

• 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
• Teague faked, drove and shot a floater too strong off the lane.
  — Michael McCleary, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2021
• Flagler hit a 3 and made a nifty floater in the lane to make it 5-0.
  — Stephen Hawkins, Chron, 17 Mar. 2022
• Herro missed a floater that would have won the game at the buzzer.
  — Paul Kitagaki Jr., Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
• Castleton has a soft touch in the paint with hooks and floaters.
  — Stan Son, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
• Clouden followed with a floater off the backboard to push the lead to nine.
  — Eli McKown, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2022
• A word to the wise: adults can get their Dole Whip spiked with a rum floater.
  — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2025
• Her floater in the lane at the end of the third gave Newington a 38-29 lead.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
• Her floater in the lane at the end of the third gave Newington a 38-29 lead.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
• But Parker made a floater in the lane, pushing the lead to 3.
  — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2016
• Then a floater 10 feet from the basket swished through.
  — Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2021
• 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
• Her second shot was a short, point-blank floater in the lane.
  — Sean Gregory / Uncasville, TIME, 15 May 2024
• Eric Paschall hit a floater in the lane that seemed to steady the Wildcats.
  — Dan Gelston, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• No threes and force them to take those inside floaters.
  — Percy Allen, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
• Nice floater from Allen Flanigan to put Auburn in front.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 11 Jan. 2022
• Gilmore stayed with him and forced a tough floater with 12.1 seconds left.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2023
• Reaves capped the scoring with a floater in the lane over McBride with 27 seconds left.
  — John Raby, ajc, 13 Feb. 2021
• McCain drove to the basket in the fourth quarter and put up a floater.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
• Nevada brought down the rebound, and Comer hit the game-tying floater at the buzzer.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
• The floater that made him such a devastating pick-and-roll ball-handler has abandoned him.
  — David Aldridge, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• Ta’aga scored on a baseline floater and breakaway layup during the surge.
  — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
• Pritchard scored 11 in the period on 5-of-5 shooting, and White capped it with a buzzer-beating floater.
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
• Behind-the-back-dribble to set up a floater in the lane?
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
• The next trip, Cordova hit a floater in the lane.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
• Thomas dribbled behind the back and rushed into the paint to score on a floater for the lead.
  — Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026