How to Use take the floor in a Sentence

take the floor

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• Don’t let anyone who hasn’t been tapped take the floor—this isn’t an open mic night.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 17 May 2022
• In one sense, the game began when the teams took the floor for the second half.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• In total, 76 countries have asked to take the floor at the meeting.
  — Fox News, 29 Apr. 2024
• Of the 14 players who took the floor, all but one had at least one assist and nine had at least two.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2024
• Because the team that took the floor over the first five months of the season rarely looked like the one that trounced the Lakers.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2025
• Porsha calms everyone down and lets Toya take the floor and explain herself.
  — Chris Murphy, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2021
• No one is under more pressure than the defending champs, who take the floor each time out with a massive target on their backs.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
• This was the team’s first opportunity to take the floor against opposing rosters and put their work to the test.
  — Nick Crain, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• All 30 teams will take the floor in Vegas with games starting July 7.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• But Brandon Ingram has yet to take the floor since being acquired at the trade deadline.
  — Law Murray, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
• The Grizzlies’ star has been dealing with ankle injury, but has been getting treatment to take the floor.
  — Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
• That lineup took the floor for only two quarters, during Davis' debut with the Mavs.
  — Johnny Resendiz, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
• The men's team didn’t take the floor again that spring, and the women's squad played just once more before the world sports went into months of hibernation.
  — NBC News, 4 Mar. 2022
• Expect the best version of Bueckers to take the floor in Tampa Bay this weekend.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
• Center Isaiah Jackson had seven, and everyone who took the floor grabbed at least one.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Jan. 2024
• In that tunnel, away from the gaze of the thousands in attendance, the athletes huddled for one final time before taking the floor.
  — Dominic Faria, Ethan Ferguson, Akshat Jain, Annabelle Del Bosque, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
• Spoelstra said both players had made progress — Adebayo worked up a sweat in a pregame shooting session — but neither was healthy enough to take the floor.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2020
• Once again Biles’ availability was the primary focus when the eight teams took the floor Tuesday night.
  — Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 30 July 2024
• On day one of the women’s gymnastics qualifications in Paris, a nervous Biles took the floor to warm up.
  — Kayla Blanton, SELF, 25 Oct. 2024
• Jalen Brunson takes the floor averaging close to 29 points and eight assists in 12 playoff games.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 May 2025
• Two of the country’s most efficient offenses take the floor for Round 2 of March Madness.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
• This month, Watkins and Davidson finally were able to take the floor together, just as Gottlieb had envisioned.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
• Whether Cleveland takes the floor at full strength or shorthanded, the night will mark the beginning of another test of resilience for a team with its sights set on the top of the East.
  — Evan Dammarell, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
• That would mean the Blue Devils would next take the floor on March 23, giving the potential first-overall pick a few extra days to recover.
  — Joe Kozlowski, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
• During lunch, Liu took the floor to present a portrait of Steinem painted by Megan Gabrielle for the issue, and delivered an impassioned call to action.
  — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
• White, who has yet to take the floor this season due to a calf strain, was set to be re-evaluated on Monday after experiencing tightness during a five-on-five scrimmage just over two weeks ago.
  — Evan Bell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
• The Thunder struggled in the short span in which the team was without both of its top centers — going 3-2 in those five games — but has been dominant since Hartenstein took the floor for the first time.
  — Nick Crain, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
• Cade Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons will take the floor on Monday night to host the Indiana Pacers.
  — Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
• And as the Bulls took the floor at Milwaukee, everyone wondered whether Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu would be next.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
• Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox took the floor for a game in Milwaukee with a headband on, in hopes of throwing his look back to his high school days at Cypress Lakes in Katy.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Apr. 2026