How to Use football in a Sentence

football

noun
  • He played a lot of football in high school and college.
  • Has been able to get his hand on the football.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • This young man can throw the football….
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
  • And this football team is made of the right stuff.
    Jon MacHota, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • No one in football calls him John.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • And his dad was a football coach in Texas.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
  • That's on me and this staff and this football team to get that right.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Bradley Chubb wants to play football.
    Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Our mindset has to be to find our best football.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Losing by one to a football team like that?
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • There is good football in the Group of 5.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The world of college football is rarely dull.
    Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Sports had a tougher go, as the quarter lacked football.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 May 2026
  • But football remains the pulse of her life.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This game, we got hurt running the football.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Yes, the winner came from route one football.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Only the football gods know for sure.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That’s a wrap for the high school football weekend.
    Darren Sabedra, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • To show them the joy that the fans have, and then, of course, show them the football.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • Whether fans stick around through the football-less summer?
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Losing to a great football team by a point, there’s no shame in that.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Let’s see if KU football can find its stride.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
  • All of my brothers played football.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
  • Then came football — and Travis Scott.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
  • But for most of his life, Boomer played the other football.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The Texas high school football bi-district round is here.
    Charles Baggarly & Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Same thing happens in football.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Texas Wesleyan has found its next head football coach.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The Tigers were a good enough football team, on paper, to win.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Week one of the Texas high school football season is in the books.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2025

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