How to Use boxing in a Sentence

boxing

noun
  • Two white robes hang on the wall next to the boxing ring.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Still, the fight will go on as scheduled, and boxing fans are in for a treat.
    Rudie Obias, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024
  • In the spring of 2021, Adams made a campaign stop at Gleason’s, the Brooklyn boxing gym.
    Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Shakur was shot and killed while leaving a boxing match on the Las Vegas Strip.
    Kyung Lah, CNN, 29 Sep. 2023
  • My knee slams into the boxing pad my coach, Win, is holding up.
    Abby Ellin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
  • And he’s dressed all weird in a black vest, no shirt, boxing shorts, boxing shoes and this Shirley Temple wig.
    Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2023
  • One clip shows Banks getting in a tough boxing workout as her mom cheers her on in a sweet clip.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2024
  • But scalp detoxes are the heavyweight champ in the boxing ring of hair care—a total TKO for coiffure gunk.
    Essence, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Leaders in the boxing world can take a number of steps to assist boxers.
    Oleksandr Usyk, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The platform at the center of the stage functions as everything from a kitchen table to a boxing ring.
    Chris Vognar, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The insight came while her family watched a boxing match on TV.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Major Bets likened the confrontations to a boxing match.
    Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • His hobbies include boxing, football…and making a girl fall in love for the night.
    Monique Wilson, Glamour, 6 July 2023
  • And at 4 years old, Adonis has already joined his dad and older brothers in the boxing ring.
    Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Donna puts in lots of work at the gym and enjoys doing boxing sessions.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
  • That’s when Adonis Creed and the boxing drama hit theaters.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Peacock and Kevin Hart are stepping into the boxing ring.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Max trains as a boxer Max took up boxing in 2021, and he’s said it’s improved his health and overall well-being.
    Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The newborn’s unique name pays homage to guitarist Rocky George, the boxing biopic Rocky, and Barker’s favorite number.
    Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 10 Nov. 2023
  • In the film, Kid dons a monkey mask and earns his living as a fighter at an underground boxing club.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
  • South Beach Boxing To the thump of the bass, three students pound their fists and slam their feet into their personal 150-pound boxing bag.
    By Chloe Herring, Brooke Henderson and Samantha J. Gross, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Mike couldn’t say much but had strength to raise his arms in a motion that resembled shadow boxing.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • From running and strength training to rowing and boxing, there's a HIIT workout that will work for you.
    Mitch Calvert, Men's Health, 16 May 2023
  • When the first sets were rolled out as curiosities in the 1940s, spectators gathered in bars to watch boxing matches.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 10 July 2023
  • Installed in October of 2023, these new arms are not just for boxing, and are provide much greater speed and power.
    IEEE Spectrum, 2 Feb. 2024
  • On weekends—the restaurant weekend is Sunday and Monday—Eugénie runs, and meets a boxing instructor to hook and jab on the quays of the Seine.
    Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The 30-year-old’s content now is mostly music videos and behind-the-scenes snippets of his boxing exploits.
    WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • Davis doubled him over with a body shot, and boxing’s next big thing was revealed to be boxing’s most recent pretender.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Watch Eminem walk Crawford to the boxing ring in the video below on X (formerly Twitter).
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 30 July 2023
  • First Lieutenant Kelsey Flannery is a former boxing instructor from Kentucky.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2024

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