How to Use posterize in a Sentence

posterize

verb
  • This isn’t like missing a 2-foot putt, or getting posterized, or letting a groundball squeak through your legs or blowing a tire on the ice.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The image in question shows the Marvel villain posterizing Spider-Man in a packed arena.
    Owen Carry, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The question now is, if the NBA winds up getting dunked on, posterized by an upstart global league, will LeBron James get credit for an assist?
    Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Basketball fans might know Yabusele best for posterizing LeBron James with a monster dunk for France in the gold-medal game of the Paris Olympics.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Bona hasn’t been much of a factor — his biggest highlight was getting posterized by Jaylen Brown early in Game 2 — but the big-bodied Drummond was a difference-maker Tuesday night, scoring 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting and grabbing eight rebounds, including three offensive boards.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026

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