How to Use baton in a Sentence

baton

noun

• The majorette twirled the baton.
• The baton can be worn on the hip and expands in length.
  — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024
• Mills is standing to the right of the group and drawing his baton.
  — Robin Stein, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• But by her side through it all—and ready to pick up the baton—was Shar Dubey.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2023
• Powell, who struck most of the baton blows against King, and Sgt.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
• This year marked a shift as the leadership baton was passed to the youth in San Jose.
  — Shae Hammond, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
• Ditch the whip and pick up the baton; lead by example, not by fear.
  — Chris Kille, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The bash took place at a little sports bar — and of course, Zirbel's baton was there.
  — Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
• The man did not have a valid concealed carry permit for the baton.
  — Alexandra Faul, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Police swung batons and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
  — Riazat Butt and Munir Ahmed The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 10 Feb. 2024
• No business leader is better equipped than the CFO to take the podium and raise the baton.
  — Jim Deloach, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Dupree has not watched the video of his 29-year-old brother getting beaten with a baton and kicked in the head.
  — Nick Valencia, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
• Also ran a superb leg on the 4×100 relay, but the team later dropped the baton.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
• When the strikers held their first march, on Feb. 23, the police attacked them with batons and mace.
  — Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• And there isn’t an obvious choice to snatch the baton from Álvarez once his time is over.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Next, researchers built a replica baton and tried using it to make rope, the study said.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
• Aldridge repeatedly whacks Cure in the thigh with a baton.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• But the race was over by the time Turner, who is bound for Harvard, took the baton on the third and final exchange and blazed his way to the finish line.
  — Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
• Hughes hopes the next generation will take the hip-hop baton and run with it.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
• Is the plan to keep a low profile, hope for a win, and then hand the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris?
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
• Officials said the deputy used the stun gun a second time, as well as a baton, but claimed Cure still did not comply.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2023
• And the degree to which investors—especially in oil and gas—will pick up the baton remains to be seen.
  — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 19 July 2023
• Some, however, took the bait and others carried the baton.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• McCaughey used his weight and the weight of the mob behind him to crush Hodges, while another man beat him with a baton.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
• Then in the second half, VictorOladipo took the scoring baton.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2023
• Mulroy said that Hemphill was at the traffic stop but not at the second scene where Nichols was seen on video being punched and struck with a baton.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 May 2023
• When the bank manager runs out, aiming his gun at the getaway car, Clouseau beats him over the head with his baton.
  — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 5 Nov. 2023
• And this time, people will be getting these very long foam … batons with LED lights inside.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
• How did Riot Fest take the baton as the reunion spot for everyone from the Misfits to the Replacements?
  — Josh Chesler, Spin, 20 Sep. 2023
• But someone has to take the baton from you at some time and continue moving it forward.
  — Przemek Szleter, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024