How to Use league in a Sentence

league

noun

• Adidas makes the kits for all of the league’s 29 teams.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 June 2023
• But there are some big questions about the rest of the league.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023
• But by that measure, the Suns would be 32-8, still best in the league.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
• That’s how many see baseball — the league with the Dodgers ... and the 29 teams chasing them.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
• The league’s top rushing offense was held to 81 yards on the ground.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
• But in truth both sides, and the league writ large, were all out to prove something that night.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 7 Dec. 2023
• What’s Next: The league has more time to look for a successor.
  — Jenny Vrentas, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• This season the team has stumbled, falling to last place in the league.
  — Andy Fies, ABC News, 31 July 2023
• He's played for four NBA teams since entering the league as a first-round pick in the 2018 draft.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2023
• The league will break from July 8-August 18 because of the Paris Olympics.
  — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023
• Attendance at the United Center was among the worst in the league.
  — Evan Easterling, New York Times, 29 July 2023
• The passing yards allowed per game would’ve ranked fifth in the league for a full season.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• Part of Montgomery’s ranking slide had to do with its league.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
• The Ravens also gave up the seventh-most completions in the league.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
• Arizona is in third place in the NL West but sits one game out of the league's final wild-card spot at 56-50.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• But as the Lakers’ offense stalled — one of the worst in the league will do that from time to time — Memphis got hot and stayed hot.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
• That turned into an omen for SEC play, where the Razorbacks are last in the league with 318.3 yards per game.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 18 Nov. 2023
• That was Cade Povich, a left-handed pitching prospect now ranked as the club’s best arm still in the minor leagues.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2023
• Buffalo is the youngest program in the league, joining in 1998.
  — Michael Marot, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2023
• The price amounts to a 4% increase from the previous cycle, just for the live events, according to the league.
  — Thomas Seal, Fortune Europe, 5 Dec. 2023
• The victory advanced the Wave a few spots in the league’s crowded playoff race.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
• In 2023, Williams was once again one of the best centers in the league but injuries limited him to just nine games played.
  — Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
• To give you an idea of how much money is being taken in by the leagues, consider the NFL.
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
• The teams the Orioles have in those leagues are for their youngest prospects, with teenagers mostly making up those rosters.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2023
• Luton kept things close against the league’s top team, Tottenham, but lost, 1–0.
  — Simon Akam, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
• Things don’t figure to get any easier against the Chiefs, who have allowed the second fewest points per game in the league.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• Sarah coached both her sons, Luke and Drew, growing up in youth basketball leagues.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 17 Jan. 2024
• At the same time, the leagues crave the big audiences that flock to traditional sports broadcasts.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2023
• Kelce was drafted by the Eagles in 2011, making the current NFL season his thirteenth year in the league.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
• But the youngster wanted to get his feet wet in the league and establish himself as a top player first.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 31 July 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024