How to Use javelin in a Sentence

javelin

noun

• The javelin throw is not part of the high school program.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2019
• Winger, 35, placed 17th in the women’s javelin in Tokyo.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2021
• Also in the field are finals in the men’s javelin and the men’s triple jump.
  — oregonlive, 21 June 2021
• Senior Asher Krauel is ranked No. 1 in the javelin in the state.
  — oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2021
• Hollands, a junior, won the discus throw and the javelin toss at the event.
  — oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2022
• Jonah Bride threw the ball like a javelin into the home dugout.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
• In the girls’ javelin, Brooks’ Ellie Partrick won with a throw of 130-1.
  — al, 2 Apr. 2022
• The javelin throw is making a comeback in high school track and field.
  — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 11 July 2022
• Friday’s slate of events includes the long jump, javelin and 800.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2022
• This is the first year Dampier competed in the javelin.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2022
• Neeraj Chopra won India’s first gold medal in Olympic track and field in the javelin.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2021
• Three-time Olympian Kara Winger placed second in the women’s javelin.
  — oregonlive.com, 25 July 2019
• Chopra, the son of a farmer, won the javelin title with a personal-best throw of 87.58 meters.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• A few hours before, Neeraj Chopra of India won a gold medal in the javelin throw.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2021
• In the javelin, North Reading’s Madison Vant placed first with a throw of 26.8 meters.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2021
• Trinidy Blanton won javelin to help Coquille to a 28-22 lead over Regis in the girls team race.
  — oregonlive, 19 May 2022
• The drones are equipped with a javelin anti-tank warhead to hit armored tanks.
  — David Martin, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2022
• In the javelin, Winger threw 201 feet, 1 in the second round and to make her third World Championships final.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2022
• Kara Winger is the American record-holder in the javelin throw who just wrapped up her fourth Olympics.
  — Eddie Pells, ajc, 9 Aug. 2021
• This is Molander's third year even picking up a javelin.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2022
• Thursday will see the athletes compete in the long jump, javelin and 800-meter race.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• On my last throw (in the javelin), my throws coach (Brandon Dean) told me to pull my arm a little harder.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2023
• Didrikson began her Games by taking gold in the javelin.
  — Joe Reedy, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
• Online, the image evolved into a meme and the rifle was replaced by a javelin.
  — Leila Barghouty, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2022
• His wife, a javelin thrower at Arizona State, has a longer connection with the area.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2021
• Kramer also won the javelin toss with a distance of 120 feet, seven inches.
  — oregonlive, 22 May 2022
• Andrejczyk won silver in the women's javelin throw with a 64.61-meter throw.
  — NBC News, 18 Aug. 2021
• After a member of the group at the gas station put it out, a demonstrator hurled a flagpole like a javelin.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
• Nils Fischer and Keira McCarrell took gold in the javelin throw.
  — Giana Han, al, 3 May 2021
• The flagpole bearing the Stars and Stripes sticks out of the ground at a precipitous angle, like a javelin that made a bad landing.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024