How to Use invitational in a Sentence

invitational

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• In the last three years, four of the five in-state champions at that invitational went on to win a WIAA state titles that year.
  — Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2018
• This will be the only invitational race run on the 5K course this fall, and several of the top teams are showing up to get a lay of the land.
  — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2022
• The Pre Classic is the best invitational meet on U.S. soil.
  — oregonlive.com, 27 June 2019
• Proof of that lies with the boys from Brunswick, who have held the top spot for the entire season but have yet to win an invitational meet.
  — Joe Magill, cleveland, 30 Apr. 2021
• Also in the invitational, Trey Miles placed fifth in the seventh grade shot put with a throw of 25 feet 2 inches.
  — Dan Brown, Ramona Sentinel, 10 May 2018
• Brianne Smith of Quartz Hill won the girls’ invitational title and led her team to the title title.
  — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2021
• The place of the sixth man is the tiebreaker, and Hach finished 27th, three places ahead of Westerville North’s sixth man, giving the Bees their third invitational win in as many weeks.
  — Joe Magill, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2021
• The best sailors younger than 23 will converge on the Balboa Yacht Club for the invitational regatta, the oldest youth match racing event in the world.
  — Daily Pilot Staff, Daily Pilot, 14 July 2017
• The Blue Devils had been atop the rankings for the first month of the season despite not having won a team title in an invitational meet.
  — Joe Magill, cleveland, 7 May 2021
• The Ducks open the outdoor season this weekend at an invitational meet at San Diego State.
  — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• His best time this season is 10.7, run in the Phoenix Brophy invitational.
  — Richard Obert, azcentral, 14 Mar. 2018
• The Prefontaine Classic, one of the best invitational track meets in the world, will not take place in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  — oregonlive, 26 June 2020
• Twenty-eight of the 72 players in the invitational shot under par.
  — Richard Dean, Houston Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2020
• In the girls’ race, Samantha Pacheco of Granada Hills is a sophomore who has won four invitational titles.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• Wright simply was too strong for a field that like most of the invitational events, was a substitute for the state championships which were canceled 11 days ago.
  — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2021
• Ryan Braun hit a home run for Granada Hills in an invitational final.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
• Gold has dropped out of the Japan Open, an invitational team competition on Oct. 7.
  — Barry Wilner, chicagotribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• Raudabaugh won the seeded invitational race, while the Lions finished 10th as a team.
  — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 4 Oct. 2021
• In addition, the top eight performances are scored as if in an invitational meet in order to achieve team rankings.
  — Joe Magill, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2021
• On Sunday, Vanderbilt struck early in handling the Cougars 9-4, making Houston the only school of the six teams in the invitational to go winless.
  — Richard Dean, Houston Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2018
• The invitational will be hosted in Solon's 1,100-seat auditorium, equipped with a state-of-the-art sound and lighting system.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• Pinseeker is in the planning phase of a real life invitational tournament at a notable course in 2023 where players who have won the most in the game’s flights and leagues will compete.
  — Mike Dojc, Forbes, 20 May 2022
• She is scheduled to play an invitational charity event in Charleston, South Carolina, at the end of this month.
  — Danielle Rossingh, CNN, 22 June 2020
• According to senior high jumper Mason Stephens, the school didn’t host an invitational meet in his four years of competing.
  — Joe Magill, cleveland, 22 May 2021
• The competition was one of the events scheduled as part of the invitational, which began Saturday.
  — Daily Pilot, 7 Oct. 2019
• Today’s North bid aggressively; an invitational raise to 4NT at his third turn would have been enough.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
• Our test is an invitational, open to all bow companies.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 27 Apr. 2020
• The junior raced her way to a first-place finish by nearly two minutes in CAI’s invitational Saturday.
  — Kyle Williams, The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2017
• Caught hovering at her window, worried this might seem invitational, the owner must’ve made a fast crablike retreat to a high stool.
  — Allan Gurganus, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2020
• The Masters has always been an invitational event, even before it was called the Masters, though its appeal and prestige have swelled since the tournament’s early days.
  — New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024