How to Use racket in a Sentence

racket

noun
  • The smack on the head with the racket.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • So dive in and get your racket ready.
    George Yang, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
  • Tiafoe slammed his racket on his bag over and over.
    Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Her fluffy racket case is perhaps the best proof of all.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The dogs have naffed off upstairs to avoid the racket.
    The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 18 June 2026
  • Medvedev was in bits after the match, just like his racket.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Rublev would hit himself in the leg with his racket or punched his strings.
    Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Haack knew that the racket in the woods was the sound of two bucks sparring.
    Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 20 Dec. 2023
  • But the racket that erupted on his doorstep that day still echoes in his mind.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Her goal as a coach is to create a safe space for all who pick up a racket.
    Marielle Mohs, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Djokovic flung his racket away, put his arms up and then knelt on the court, with his head bowed.
    CBS News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • There’s also a bag for bringing the rackets to and from the court.
    Zoë Hannah, Popular Mechanics, 12 July 2023
  • Better to let the racket take the heat than the people around her.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Events unfurled to the rhythm of only one racket.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Alcaraz picked up his first racket at the age of 4 and trained at the club as a child.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Often that game involved two rackets and a ball.
    Pablo Scheffer, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Alcaraz picked up his first racket at the age of 4 and trained at the club as a child.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Gauff's racket-smashing away from the court went viral.
    ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Gauff put her hands on her head, walked to the sideline and hit her equipment bag with her racket.
    Howard Fendrich, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Alcaraz nearly threw his racket to the ground but held back at the last moment.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The Brazilian smashed his racket.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • She was told to stick to making statements with her tennis racket.
    Rob Haskell, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Drummers set up their kits along bridges and street corners and make a joyful racket.
    Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The very act of our bodies keeping us alive sometimes makes quite the racket.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Pildes could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the racket.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • As racket smashes go, there isn’t much smashing of the racket here.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Dancers in tennis skirts twirled around with rackets while breaking to move plants and shovel dirt.
    Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 18 June 2026
  • Meet the performance tee built for racket sports and beyond.
    Joe Jackson, Outside, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The look was made complete with a matching racket cover.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
  • People who have never picked up a tennis racket view her as a role model.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 June 2026

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