How to Use Spaniard in a Sentence

Spaniard

noun
  • The Spaniard lived up to the moment, winning the tiebreak 8-6 to take the set.
    Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
  • The Spaniard’s tee shot found the front of the green but, like so many shots that day, rolled off.
    Danny Funt, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
  • That leaves the 29-year-old Spaniard in search of a seat for next season.
    Michael Loré, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In a clip from the race, the Spaniard’s shock at the outcome is caught in real time.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
  • With the second set underway, the Serb and the Spaniard are tied 4-4.
    NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • As a result, Bayern is now the favorite to land the Spaniard.
    Manuel Veth, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In the second set, the Spaniard held his first service game and won an early break.
    Vogue, 16 July 2023
  • The great Spaniard was playing L’isle joyeuse (Debussy).
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But his party lost support, too, in Spaniards’ turn to the center.
    Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 July 2023
  • Pau Gasol, a Spaniard and Barcelona native, had the Olympics in his backyard and followed with wide-eyed awe.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This week’s tournament will mark the Spaniard’s first clay-court match since winning the French Open in 2022.
    Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Our Spanish friends have suggested that if there’s a way to bend a rule, a Spaniard will be the first to figure out how.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Another, a Spaniard who called himself Fidel, joined us on the fishing nets for a few nights.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • But now that the pageantry of his hire is behind us, what matters most is if the Spaniard actually has a concrete plan to get the job done.
    C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • But for many Spaniards, it remains tainted by the bloody legacy of the past and concern for the country’s cohesion in the future.
    Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • Jon Rahm after the Spaniard announced his move in December.
    Jack Bantock, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • One of the Spaniard’s biggest worries about moving was that he might get excluded from the Ryder Cup.
    Eddie Pells, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The poet is the Spaniard Francisco de Quevedo; the painter is Caravaggio, the master of darkness and light.
    The New Yorker, 9 July 2023
  • That victory, the second major of the Spaniard’s career, earned Rahm an invitation to play in the Masters for the rest of his life.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Tiafoe won the first set, breaking Alcaraz at 5-5 when the Spaniard was unable to cope with one of his deep returns, before holding his own serve to seal his lead.
    Issy Ronald, CNN, 6 July 2024
  • Sinner’s accuracy and sheer power from the back of the court take away the Spaniard’s normal advantages.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The team remains ever thankful to have Alonso in one of its driver seats, as the Spaniard gives it a chance at making the podium every single race.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
  • During the postcolonial era, La Llorona was portrayed as an Indigenous woman who bears two sons to a wealthy Spaniard.
    Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But the pursuit of the 29-year-old Spaniard ranked as the most extraordinary of its attempts so far for one reason: its stunning timing.
    Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2023
  • European immigrants were the first to open the doors of these venues, with the know-how of the Italians, Portuguese, and Spaniards, among others, used to transform wheat into flour and, then, into bread.
    Rafael Tonon, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The 88th edition of the Masters, the first men’s major of the year and arguably golf’s most prestigious tournament, will see Spaniard Jon Rahm defend his green jacket.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The Spaniard will at least double his career live earnings total of $1 million, according to the Hendon Mob poker database.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • The Spaniard began the race second on the grid, behind pole-sitter Verstappen, and stuck close to the three-time world champion before easily overtaking him on the second lap to take the lead.
    Issy Ronald, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
  • In 2008, when Federer hired the Spaniard to help take his game to a new level, Higueras immediately noticed that his new pupil rarely used the dropper, preferring to rely on his big forehand.
    Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Ciganda’s ejection was slightly more complex: hit with a two-shot penalty for slow pace of play at the major, the Spaniard refused to add it to her scorecard after her appeal was denied by rules officials.
    Jack Bantock, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024

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