How to Use referee in a Sentence

referee

1 of 2 noun

• And that the referee who throws ass got to throw ass.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
• But the referee caught him and tossed him from the match.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
• Evans was in an off-site booth for video referees.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 15 June 2026
• The referee had to stop the fight.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• Their only hope was to get the referees on their side.
  — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
• This referee had his eyes open — and sent Spiegel off.
  — Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
• Trick Williams pulled the referee out of the ring at two.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
• The referee clearly didn't know how much time was left in the round.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• This time, Cody pulled the referee otu of the ring as fans booed.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
• And the referee sees the foul, but doesn’t do anything about it.
  — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
• In truth, though, the referee followed the rules.
  — Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
• What did the Irish referee say at the end of the soccer match?
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026
• No one wants to be giving referee.
  — Emma Carmichael, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2026
• The referee has awarded a penalty kick point blank in front of the goal.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2023
• The head referee called the play back and led Mauer to one sideline.
  — Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 21 Oct. 2025
• The league noted that referees can also call fouls and flops on the same play.
  — oregonlive, 11 July 2023
• At what point do the referees jump in and stop the proceedings?
  — David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
• This time, referee Herb Dean got it right.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
• Yet these were only the fouls for which the referee deigned to blow his whistle.
  — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026
• As the clock ticked down, fans began to jeer the referee after foul calls.
  — Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
• Swayman went down to one knee and the referees broke up the skirmish.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
• Play was stopped for a while in extra time, as a referee sat on the grass and had his leg stretched out.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 June 2026
• The referees missed this one, and there's no other way to describe it.
  — Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
• The referee gave both star a lot of leeway as the two stars even spilled over into the crowd.
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
• The referees missed the punch in real time, but fans and the league office did not.
  — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
• Williams isn’t so sure today’s referees are up for those type of exchanges.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
• At least one referee needed his head to be covered.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• Then this distance to the wall, that’s what shows the referee’s mistake.
  — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 24 June 2026
• Two free throws would have won me the bet, but the referees ignored the foul, and the game ended.
  — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
• Many expected the referee to point to then spot.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 24 June 2026

referee

2 of 2 verb

• She refereed the basketball game.
• He has refereed for several years now.
• But in those days, the women had to coach and referee themselves.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 June 2022
• Many wrestlers and even referees claim Jordan knew or was told of the abuse, but didn't speak out.
  — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2020
• Then referee Kelly Pfeifer stood on a chair and tried to give it a poke.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2022
• But there are others who do not, and Daw has had to referee some angry outbursts.
  — al, 12 July 2020
• If a match does not produce a winner in that time, referees grant extensions.
  — Washington Post, 4 July 2018
• By then, referee Brian Forte had seen enough and blew his whistle.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 6 Dec. 2022
• Erdogan was right — Madley had refereed well and those pecs are amazing — but that’s not the point.
  — Graham Scott, New York Times, 9 July 2026
• Don't try to recruit peers to referee your dispute -- just wait a few days until the drama settles down.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
• But referee Clete Blakeman and his crew decided to pick up the flag and the game was over.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2021
• After a brief delay, referee Alex Kemp announced the game was over.
  — Schuyler Dixon, Chron, 16 Jan. 2022
• Just waking up and going to the plant, coming home, taking a shower, going to the gym, maybe referee a game some nights.
  — Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 31 Aug. 2020
• In an Italian village, some old men asked us to referee their dispute over changes in the retirement laws.
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 27 Dec. 2020
• Ian Murray, who officiates high school games in the winter, came in to referee the first week.
  — Mike Jensen, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• Artan would have been the first Somali to referee at a World Cup.
  — CBS News, 9 June 2026
• Yet even as the fouls piled up, Guatemalan referee Mario Escobar kept his cards in his pocket.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2020
• But referee Shawn Hochuli explained that the timeout came too late, enabling the touchdown to stand.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2021
• The heat also sparked a dispute between the Moroccan coach and referees over a lack of water breaks.
  — Scientific American, 2 July 2019
• Not about the result or a refereeing decision.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
• Stéphanie Frappart became the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup match.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2023
• On the first one, Lod was brought down inside the penalty area, but referee Alan Kelly didn't call it.
  — Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune, 19 July 2021
• The Supreme Court has been called upon to referee several disputes.
  — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
• For the first practice with full pads, referee Clete Blakeman and his crew were in town to officiate.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• Green complained to referee Curtis Blair and earned a technical foul, his first of the new season.
  — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• Without a deal between the parties in the Mazars case, a judge would have to referee which documents the House might get.
  — Katelyn Polantz, CNN, 15 June 2021
• Maybe a refereeing controversy will go Winnipeg’s way, just for kicks.
  — Murat Ates, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
• Booker appeared to say something to referee Tyler Ford, who called the first technical.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2021
• In our progress roundup, one refugee’s efforts lift the entrepreneurship of others; and women leave the sidelines to referee one of the world’s top sporting events.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2023
• On the wall and in frames propped up behind me were pictures of Padilla’s refereeing career, and of boxers who’d been in his orbit.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025