How to Use karate in a Sentence

karate

noun

• This is like a scene from a karate movie or some such thing.
  — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• Need a karate kick goal in the playoffs to help knock off LAFC?
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 July 2021
• Scott will be the karate team’s captain and compete in the under-75 kg weight class.
  — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 15 July 2021
• Part of that suit is a black belt, which Santa earned in karate.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022
• Rex Tullis holds a black belt in karate and is a friend of the Liu family.
  — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2022
• Some of the sports added for the Tokyo Games – baseball/softball and karate – are gone for now.
  — USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2021
• The 1984 film told the story of a teen who learns about self-confidence through the study of karate.
  — Anthony McCartney, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
• That’s not the reason Daniel cites for learning karate.
  — Cydney Lee, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
• The Valley is still the Valley, where rock rules and karate is as bitchin’ as ever.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2021
• Weathers had a black belt in Shotokan karate and became an avid golfer.
  — Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
• In the fourth, with little left to watch on the floor, Curry practiced karate moves on the sideline.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2021
• The owner had had a stroke at 35 and his daughter, a black belt in karate, helped him rehab.
  — Kerry Cromwell, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2018
• In one snap, Luna posed in a fighting stance with a karate belt wrapped around her waist.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
• The tape caught the eye of 5-year-old Ben Barbaran late last year when it was displayed for sale at a Crofton karate school.
  — Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 6 May 2017
• Basketball, Roblox and karate tied for third with two votes apiece.
  — Christina Barron, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2019
• In the video, the twins taught Snoop Dogg, 49, and Hart, 42, some basic karate — one of the Olympics' newest sports — and taekwondo moves.
  — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2021
• The life and times of Bruce Lee, from his beginnings in Hong Kong to his rise as a karate expert and movie star.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
• As any fan of karate in the Valley knows, Cobra Kai never dies.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 Jan. 2022
• The victim told officers that a man had hit him on the head with a wooden karate sword and fled.
  — Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2021
• Now the Valley is home to an all-out struggle between karate gangs.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2021
• The answer is Ariel Torres, the first American to win an Olympic medal in karate.
  — Alyssa Hertel, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2021
• McGruder is a martial artist and got her black belt in karate 25 years ago.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2022
• As an 11-year-old, Brooke had been taking karate, soccer, cello and dance lessons and singing in a church choir.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
• Dickerson earned a black belt in karate by 11 years old, the youngest in the history of his dojo.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 17 Dec. 2020
• After getting a karate fix, here are 10 other hit shows based on movies to check out.
  — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• Surfing is one of the sports to feature for the first time at an Olympic Games, alongside karate and skateboarding.
  — NBC News, 22 July 2021
• Karate—There’s a whole bunch of karate too, with finals starting around 6:50 am on August 5.
  — Eve Sneider, Wired, 13 Aug. 2021
• The world’s best karate fighters were throwing punches in Paris to determine who would go to the Olympics.
  — New York Times, 16 July 2021
• But among the new additions, there are a few sports that fans won't be able to witness in Paris, including karate, which only made its debut at the 2020 Olympics.
  — Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024
• The perfect karate strike is nothing more than a precise application of Newton’s laws.
  — Jess Romeo, JSTOR Daily, 26 Feb. 2021

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024