How to Use team in a Sentence

team

1 of 3 noun
  • A dog team pulled the sled.
  • We worked as a team to put out the fire.
  • They are the worst team in baseball.
  • He is the best player on his team.
  • The company hired a team of lawyers to advise them.
  • To get the job done more quickly, we split up into teams.
  • One team was asked about shots, the other about shots fired.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The league consists of five teams of four players each.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The Huskies outscored the home team 30-10 and held Seton Hall to zero points over the final two minutes of the half.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2024
  • As a team, Walsh rushed for 485 yards behind an up-and-coming line.
    Matt Goul, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The team set sail from the island of Kiribati, about 1,200 miles south of Hawaii, in September.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But our team of pro shopping writers has done the legwork for you.
    Jake Smith, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2023
  • McLaughlin led the team with 68 rushing yards to go along with three catches for 21 yards.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The gap remained steady with both teams scoring evenly in the fourth quarter.
    Indy Star Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2023
  • My team has been working around-the-clock, literally around-the-clock.
    Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
  • From that point, the team slowly examined the fossil from the inside out to learn what was behind the ribcage.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Many broadcasters are team employees and would still be on the call.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
  • But teams still find the practices to be mostly productive.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The 6-foot-5 guard's effort on the boards was the fifth-best in the nation for players of that height or shorter, and the assist average led his team as well.
    Zac Bellman, Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • However, the anemic offense casts a long shadow over the whole team.
    Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The beauty of being part of a restaurant [Arlo Grey in Austin] and having a great team is there are people to bounce ideas off of.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The Seminoles and other teams have studied the ACC’s grant of rights and aren’t convinced there isn’t some way to escape that straitjacket.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • For the Lakers, reaching their ceiling certainly depends on James and the team’s health.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Matthew Cleveland, facing off against his former team, scored two points.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
  • When asked about the run after the game, Huskies head coach Dan Hurley was complimentary of his team.
    Jacob Lev, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The ritual began one night before a parade his team was scheduled to walk in.
    Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The only possible move was to have Gerard and his team of U.S. marshals chase another man on the run.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • The Sahara group was also a long time sponsor of India’s national cricket team, but lost the rights to the Star India group in 2013.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Helped team to district championship in 2022, and the final four in her sophomore season.
    Tom Lang, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Their only shot at survival is an elite rescue team led by Chris Kent, Shannon’s mother and Will’s soon-to-be ex-wife.
    Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
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team

2 of 3 adjective
  • Teams may play as many as 24 games plus a multi-team event.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The move to sixth pulled the club narrowly out of a multi-team tie for seventh place.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2022
  • That very well could change, hinging on the results of the inter-team championship race in 2021.
    Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The Sun Devils are replacing Michigan, which dropped out of the multi-team event.
    Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Failing to reply can mark you as a non-team player or, worse, a bad person.
    Paula Marantz Cohen, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
  • But cross-team contact can be a more practical project.
    Emily Peck, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The game against the Hilltoppers presents another quick turn-around for Louisville, as is the nature of these multi-team events.
    Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2021
  • His biggest move before March 21 could be to use some of the Wings' salary cap space as a conduit in a multi-team trade and come out of it with a draft pick.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2022
  • There isn’t an umbrella name for the tournament as the NCAA has a cap of eight teams for multi-team tournaments.
    oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Multi-team events will not be permitted for the winter season.
    Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Vanderbilt was acquired from Denver in a multi-team trade in Feb. 2020.
    Chris Hine, Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
  • The program will look to add a multi-team tournament on the schedule, but preferably one that does not involve playing in three games in three days.
    Sam Blum, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Jackson had his contract bought out last season, while Kennard was dealt in a multi-team swap that allowed the Pistons to draft Bey.
    Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The Rent College Pads team plastered Marquette's campus with posters and signs advertising the site.
    Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Fallbrook High School hosted all of those meets and also won the boys team league championship with Ramona taking third place.
    Joe Naiman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 May 2018
  • Though a few multi-team events for non-conference games are still on track, a bunch of others have fallen apart or are shifting in real time.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2020
  • These are: individual and team achievements over the last 12 months, a player’s talent and flair, and a player’s wider career.
    SI.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Players who are rehabbing injuries may be forced to move to a non-team facility.
    Bobby Nightengale, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Louisville multi-team event continues Thursday with Winthrop vs. Little Rock set for 4 p.m.
    Dominique Yates, The Courier-Journal, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Among the seven would be a multi-team event, colloquially referred to as an MTE, containing eight teams and three games.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Multi-team sports, including baseball and soccer, have also been cleared to resume on June 1.
    Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2021
  • The toddler class morphed into the 3-year-old class and by age 4, she was invited to pre-team gymnastics for kids chosen to be on a fast track to competition.
    Tiffany Doerr Guerzon, CNN, 30 July 2021
  • Evansville was not committed to another multi-team event at the time Southern Illinois withdrew.
    Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2020
  • She’d champion cross-team collaboration, like helping fishermen in Bangladesh catch crabs just for the fun of it.
    Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The world of high-level recruiting also leads to come inter-team relationships.
    Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The county has given similar permission to the Lakers, who admitted non-team personnel for the first time March 25.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Larger, multi-team meets must adhere to that same 50-person restriction .
    Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2020
  • The pandemic has already forced several programs to back out of multi-team events and postpone their season openers.
    Daniel Oyefusi, baltimoresun.com, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Altman said multi-team events are waiting for the NCAA and its medical group to establish criteria and protocols for those events this week.
    James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The issue arose from a possible coronavirus exposure of a non-team member who was involved in both teams’ traveling parties in the days leading to the contest.
    Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 26 Jan. 2021
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team

3 of 3 verb
  • Meachum, 31, led the Carmel boys team to a state championship in June.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2023
  • David Byrne came up with the concept and lyrics for the show, and teamed with Fatboy Slim on the music.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Her cropped white top was teamed with a long skirt that featured a slit up to her thigh.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The Doctor had to team up with Andrew Garfield and a pig man to try to defeat them.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Her look was teamed with brunette locks worn in loose curls and nude-toned makeup.
    Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • Father and son teamed for the first time in that charity race.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
  • The Poosh founder teamed her jacket and unbuttoned shorts with a black top.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • He had been double teamed most of the night by the Jazz, who limited Davis to five-for-21 shooting from the field.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The bar and the Eagles club also team up on charity work.
    Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2023
  • That whole Bills team the Packers just lost to on Sunday night would be nice to have, right?
    Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2022
  • For glam, Collins brought her signature bold lip to the carpet teamed with a smoky eye.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Kelce teamed his more clean-cut look with a vibrant blue outfit.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
  • At least teaming with Dell allowed Seth to finally crack a smile for the first time in a while.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The English actress teamed her two-toned shift dress with a teensy white purse and Mary Jane block heels.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Ji, who is vying in the U.S. Open juniors tourney, will team with Trevor in the junior doubles.
    Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Should either team falter down the stretch, both would have appeal to the Holiday Bowl.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Jenner teamed her look with dangling gold earrings and a pair of nude heels from the fashion house while her hair was curled.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The soft gold has been teamed with two ruby clusters for a part Art Deco, part Boheme look.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Mountain Brook swept the girls and boys team titles in 6A, and Homewood finished runner-up in both.
    al, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Cusack and Streeter would team on three other projects that delivered harpoons to the heart.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The Mavericks have teamed with Giving the Basics for a donation drive at each home game this month.
    Zach Welch, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Talokan, like Wakanda, is an outlier among nations, which is why Namor wants to team up with the Wakandans.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Read full article Gil teamed with younger brother Nacho for his eighth goal of the season.
    Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • That means Deadpool and Wolverine will team up at some point before Logan.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The L'Oréal Paris spokesperson also brought the drama with her bold eye makeup — a smokey cat eye achieved with dark black winged liner, teamed with a pink lip.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • For the past five years, Bundy has teamed with local farmers, growers and nurseries to bring wreaths, greenery and garland to homes all year round.
    Laurie Larsh, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Umberto Rispoli, who has already teamed with D’Amato for four turf wins this meeting, is up.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • Fox teamed her fiery bob with a brown semi-sheer vest tucked into a high-waisted brown leather pencil skirt and black patent leather heeled boots.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Hir first look was a navy menswear moment featuring a navy dress shirt, tie and slacks teamed with a speckled gray bomber jacket and brown boots.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
  • His ability to score is what’s kept him in the league despite bouncing from team to team throughout his career.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023

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