How to Use dink in a Sentence

dink

noun
  • There’s less dink-and-dunk to the offense than last year.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • This season, that’s meant even fewer explosive plays and far more dink-and-dunk.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Then their defense couldn’t stand up to Minnesota’s dink-and-dunk attack on the final drive.
    Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Or will the Mountaineers force the Sooners back into a slow-paced, dink-and-dunk offense as Nebraska did last week.
    R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Off that, Rodgers has been deadly on play-action passes and dink-and-dunk throws to move the chains … while still possessing the rocket to sting with deep strikes.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Can the Dolphins survive with a quarterback executing a dink-and-dunk offense for the next decade?
    Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The best approach — and the one most defenses have taken against Kedon Slovis — is to play zone coverage and dare him to take more than the easy dink-and-dunk passes.
    oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Much of its downtown is a weak impression of the Las Vegas Strip; a rink-a-dink version of a casino town dumping perfume on the sidewalks (seriously).
    Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2021
  • Paradiso’s appeal for the dink-and-dunk style passing attack, instead of the deep ball, helped his quarterbacks blossom with accuracy.
    Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • As these numbers show, Dalton not only tends to complete more passes with play-action, but those passes also tend to be farther downfield, which is important for a passer with dink-and-dunk tendencies like him.
    John Owning, Dallas News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • There’s less dink-and-dunk to the offense than last year.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • This season, that’s meant even fewer explosive plays and far more dink-and-dunk.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Then their defense couldn’t stand up to Minnesota’s dink-and-dunk attack on the final drive.
    Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Or will the Mountaineers force the Sooners back into a slow-paced, dink-and-dunk offense as Nebraska did last week.
    R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Off that, Rodgers has been deadly on play-action passes and dink-and-dunk throws to move the chains … while still possessing the rocket to sting with deep strikes.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Can the Dolphins survive with a quarterback executing a dink-and-dunk offense for the next decade?
    Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The best approach — and the one most defenses have taken against Kedon Slovis — is to play zone coverage and dare him to take more than the easy dink-and-dunk passes.
    oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Much of its downtown is a weak impression of the Las Vegas Strip; a rink-a-dink version of a casino town dumping perfume on the sidewalks (seriously).
    Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2021
  • Paradiso’s appeal for the dink-and-dunk style passing attack, instead of the deep ball, helped his quarterbacks blossom with accuracy.
    Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • As these numbers show, Dalton not only tends to complete more passes with play-action, but those passes also tend to be farther downfield, which is important for a passer with dink-and-dunk tendencies like him.
    John Owning, Dallas News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • There’s less dink-and-dunk to the offense than last year.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • This season, that’s meant even fewer explosive plays and far more dink-and-dunk.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Then their defense couldn’t stand up to Minnesota’s dink-and-dunk attack on the final drive.
    Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Or will the Mountaineers force the Sooners back into a slow-paced, dink-and-dunk offense as Nebraska did last week.
    R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Off that, Rodgers has been deadly on play-action passes and dink-and-dunk throws to move the chains … while still possessing the rocket to sting with deep strikes.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Can the Dolphins survive with a quarterback executing a dink-and-dunk offense for the next decade?
    Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The best approach — and the one most defenses have taken against Kedon Slovis — is to play zone coverage and dare him to take more than the easy dink-and-dunk passes.
    oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Much of its downtown is a weak impression of the Las Vegas Strip; a rink-a-dink version of a casino town dumping perfume on the sidewalks (seriously).
    Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2021
  • Paradiso’s appeal for the dink-and-dunk style passing attack, instead of the deep ball, helped his quarterbacks blossom with accuracy.
    Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • As these numbers show, Dalton not only tends to complete more passes with play-action, but those passes also tend to be farther downfield, which is important for a passer with dink-and-dunk tendencies like him.
    John Owning, Dallas News, 16 Oct. 2020

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