How to Use make a start in a Sentence
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Yamamoto has yet to make a start on less than five-days’ rest.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
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In fact the authors did make a start on this and the results were pretty neat.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2010
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That will allow him to be stretched out enough to make a start should the Red Sox call on him.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 1 July 2026
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And he's done all his damage off the bench as the only player of Lundy's top eight who is yet to make a start.
—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2022
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Jason Davis was the only other pitcher to make a start for Cleveland that year.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 July 2023
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Melvin has voiced uncertainty about whether Fiers could build stamina to make a start before the end of the season.
—Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Sep. 2021
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Blanco, who made his eighth appearance of the season Saturday, still has yet to make a start this season.
—Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2021
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Mullens, who made only one start with Kittle this season, has yet to make a start with Mostert in the backfield this season.
—Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 27 Nov. 2020
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This weekend, Ashcraft is expected to give the Reds a long relief option out of the bullpen, and he isn’t scheduled to make a start.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 May 2022
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Typically, a pitcher in Ashby's situation might make a start or two in the minor leagues to build up.
—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
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Ohtani is scheduled to make a start in the Freeway Series against the Angels before his first start of the season.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
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He was called up to make a start late in September while the Brewers were dealing with injuries and not really playing for much.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Wherever the season might go, the runners who braved the steamy conditions of late Tuesday afternoon were ready to make a start -- and, in some cases, a fast finish.
—al, 11 Aug. 2021
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Oviedo, who has started the second game of three different doubleheaders in his career, became the seventh Cardinal to make a start this season.
—Warren Mayes, Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
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And megastar Shohei Ohtani will make a start on the mound for the back-to-back defending World Series Champions in the minor league stadium.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
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