How to Use derby in a Sentence

derby

noun

• The derby team hopes to stop the team from using the name.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2021
• The first round and second round of the derby will have three minutes on the clock.
  — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• Watch the fastest two minutes in sports and wear your derby best.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
• There’s no such thing as an Olympic medal for roller derby.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2022
• Franklin and Charlie Brown have a fight when their derby car falls apart.
  — Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• Like most hat styles with full brim, the bowler hat, also known as the derby hat, came from England.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 14 July 2023
• The Raiders are a darkhorse in a potential QB derby for this draft.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
• The coaster features a soap-box derby theme and includes a 70-foot first hill.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
• Alonso is trying to become the first player to win the derby three straight times.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 18 July 2022
• The derby rules allow competitors to fish for two of the five species available at Big Lake.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
• Though the welt stitch and derby style leather upper are enough to pass for dress shoes under the right circumstances.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
• The bracket for the derby is arranged by the number of homers the contestants have hit so far this season.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 18 July 2022
• Two couples are standing in the street; both dressed in the fashion of the day: The women wore big hats and long coats, and the men wore jackets and ties and derby hats.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2022
• On the upper left hand side of the screen during the derby, the umpire would hold up his hand when a pitcher was supposed to wait for the ball to drop.
  — Xl Media, cleveland, 19 July 2022
• The more casual derby has an open lacing system where the quarters are sewn on top of the vamp.
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
• Why not take the time to have a relay race or home run derby or an infield contest in practice?
  — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
• Since Marisa Liuzzo was 10 years old, there was no better place than the roller derby rink.
  — Marlee Zanna Thompson, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2022
• However, the real winner in the creative derby isn’t a state at all.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• As a rule of thumb, the best dress sneakers to pair with a suit will have an upper that looks like a dress shoe, such as a wingtip, derby, or other lace-up.
  — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
• Wallace Lake will host the free kid’s derby on Saturday, May 21.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 12 May 2022
• Entrants can weigh walleye caught while fishing from a boat, but all anglers on the boat must be entered in the derby.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2021
• In lieu of extra innings, the teams competed in a home-run derby to decide the winner.
  — Jonathan Alfano, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Dec. 2021
• She is known to juxtapose a beautiful dress with a pair of trainers or derby shoes.
  — Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 13 Oct. 2021
• Edward’s new home is next door to a quirky girl (Eva Ariel Binder’s Shay) who spends all her time practicing for roller-derby tryouts.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2023
• The Durant derby is starting to get serious once again.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2022
• Wolves won the heated West Midlands derby 2-0, but the result was overshadowed by scenes off the field at the Hawthorns and the lengthy delay until the game could be restarted.
  — James Robson, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2024
• The sons wrestled in high school, competed in fishing derbies and sometimes worked at the nearby zinc mine.
  — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2023
• There’s mild adventure and fear during the soapbox derby race.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• With a wider opening for your foot, derby shoes also work better with heavier socks.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• Then the group came back for a midweek derby against Utah, losing another four-hour, one-run affair.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 7 May 2024