Examples of body check in a Sentence
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He usually is sent onto the ice if the Rangers or MSG need waking up with a couple of violent body checks or strategic penalties.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
Brinkley also called regular total body checks a must.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
And doing regular total body check ups..that is a MUST!
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2024
And as the ball sailed through the air, Brooklyn guard Dennis Schroder was delivering a light body check to Conley’s sternum.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2024
There are crushing body checks, like the shoulder-to-chest flattening of Connor McDavid in February of last season.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
However, before player introductions the players lean into each other and do this body check/shoulder bump/forearm bump type of thing.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
Do a full-body check.
—Lauren Krouse, Health.com, 18 May 2021
In 1995, Quincy High hockey player Matthew Messing wasn’t as fortunate, dying after taking a body check to the chest.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Jan. 2023
Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
Brinkley also called regular total body checks a must.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
And doing regular total body check ups..that is a MUST!
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2024
And as the ball sailed through the air, Brooklyn guard Dennis Schroder was delivering a light body check to Conley’s sternum.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2024
There are crushing body checks, like the shoulder-to-chest flattening of Connor McDavid in February of last season.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
However, before player introductions the players lean into each other and do this body check/shoulder bump/forearm bump type of thing.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
Do a full-body check.
—Lauren Krouse, Health.com, 18 May 2021
In 1995, Quincy High hockey player Matthew Messing wasn’t as fortunate, dying after taking a body check to the chest.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Jan. 2023
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“Body check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20check. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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