How to Use freshman in a Sentence

freshman

noun

• He was the best freshman in professional basketball this year.
• My daughter's a freshman at UCLA.
• The freshman has 21 rushing yards on four carries and nine yards on one catch.
  — Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2023
• Her freshman year was split between volleyball and cross country.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
• There are signs MacLean has taken a major leap forward from his freshman days.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2023
• The next day each one of them was moving to different parts of the Northeast for their freshman years of college.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
• After making some noise as a freshman, Jones tore his ACL before his sophomore campaign.
  — Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2023
• On each occasion, however, Wade overthrew his fellow freshman.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 1 Jan. 2023
• Jacob Nolen bears little resemblance to the kid who began his high school career playing on Naperville North’s freshman B team.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
• Some of the liberal soon-to-be-freshman Latino members gathered recently to hold their first D.C. news conference.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2023
• Siler warned the freshman that he would get punched in the face if his legs hit the ground.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• The grower fell in love with cannabis as a freshman in high school.
  — Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• At the time, Kate was a freshman while Rupert was in his fourth year.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• With the upswing, Christie has put himself in the mix for Big Ten freshman of the year.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024
• The kid showed up as a freshman and knew the offense already.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• The move to Tuscaloosa came after Lexi’s freshman year of high school.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 3 Feb. 2023
• Three minutes later, Canyon Hills got on the board when freshman Reese Roldan found the back of the net to tie the game 1-1.
  — Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
• Ambrose scored a pair from the eighth spot and Jackson, the freshman, drove in a pair and scored one from the ninth spot.
  — Paul Shepherd, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2023
• At the time, Justine was a freshman and Musk was a sophomore.
  — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
• That’s when the point guard pulled up, with freshman Amari Bailey in his face.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
• Two years ago, when Corey Lee came to Oak Lawn as a freshman, his shot was flat.
  — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
• There were so many freshmen at Yale, some had to live in Quonset huts.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 July 2024
• The teen grew to love wrestling during his freshman year and was known to make others laugh.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
• Ryan Rudes, a freshman at Caltech, skipped his math class to take photos of the eclipse.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• Tyson, a fifth-year senior, scored 1.6 points per game as a freshman.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2023
• O’Brien moved Hall to first and brought in freshman pitcher Sam Riley in the sixth inning to close the game out.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
• Some people, Blair said, couldn’t handle the star of the team being a freshman.
  — Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2024
• Carver arrived in the same class as Williams but did not play much as a freshman.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
• They will be joined by the freshmen plus Lazar Stefanovic, a transfer guard from Utah.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
• A few months later, the pair dropped Nick off at college to start his freshman year.
  — Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024