How to Use baton in a Sentence

baton

noun

• The majorette twirled the baton.
• Yi says the woman then hit her on the head with the baton.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• According to Yi, the woman lunged at her with a sharp weapon in one hand and a metal baton in the other.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• Robles got the final out of the seventh, but the baton was passed again for the eighth, to Hirokazu Sawamura.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2021
• Kerrigan was assaulted after a practice session by a man who hit her repeatedly in the legs with a police baton.
  — New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
• Boudin charged another police officer with assault, battery and other charges for allegedly beating a man with a baton.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2021
• Force includes actions like pointing a gun at someone, deploying pepper spray or a stun gun, using a baton or apprehending someone by force.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2021
• Blurry lacks a central character, instead letting the narrative flow from person to person, couple to couple, like a passed baton made up of grace and light.
  — The Week Us, theweek, 19 Nov. 2024
• The passing of the baton from one secretary to the next is actually an intricate, storied tradition, Psaki said.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
• The baton can be worn on the hip and expands in length.
  — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024
• The guard used her baton to push the towel out of the way and stared at Griner’s chest.
  — J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 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
• The candidate who takes up the baton must prove to be the best.
  — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
• Everyone likes to try to pass the baton and pass the buck.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
• 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
• To fail now would be to drop the baton just before the final straight.
  — Alex Riley, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2022
• The defense and grit is DNA deep in the program and a given as the baton is passed.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
• Ditch the whip and pick up the baton; lead by example, not by fear.
  — Chris Kille, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Barker got the baton for the anchor leg in fourth place.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 4 June 2022
• Gavin Stone took the baton and did his part to keep the streak going Tuesday.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
• 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
• But Mosaku knows that passing the baton isn’t a clean getaway for Nicole.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 1 June 2022
• Police swung batons and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
  — Riazat Butt and Munir Ahmed The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 10 Feb. 2024
• Netflix, on the other hand, took the movie streaming baton and ran with it.
  — Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 19 July 2022
• No business leader is better equipped than the CFO to take the podium and raise the baton.
  — Jim Deloach, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Drizzy laments an ex-lover while passing the baton to Tresor with tears in his eyes.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 17 June 2022
• Glizzock takes the baton and raps in the same cadence Thee Stallion led with.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 30 Dec 2024