How to Use playmaker in a Sentence

playmaker

noun

• The trade was prompted by the promise of Lamb, who emerged as one of the top playmakers in the league.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
• Diggins can score and is seen as a playmaker with the ball in his hands.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2021
• Go ahead and stash the playmaker on New Orleans’ bye week.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2023
• On Sunday, Barnes looked like the playmaker who shined a year ago.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• None of this is to say the Commanders won’t miss one of their top playmakers.
  — Ben Standig, The Athletic, 4 Dec. 2024
• This is a bet that Penix can unlock the team’s playmakers and get this offense out of its rut.
  — Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• One commands the offense with all eyes always on them to be the playmaker.
  — Dallas News, 19 Dec. 2022
• That’s right: Nearly a third of the league has jumbo-sized lead playmakers.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
• On the other side of the field, the junior has been a playmaker as well, netting two goals and an assist over the last week.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• Amon-Ra was drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2021 and has become one of the hottest young playmakers in the league.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
• And losing DeVante Parker, the team’s best playmaker, on the first play of the game with a knee injury was a tough blow.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
• Antonio Brown is 33 years old and no longer the top playmaker on his team.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2021
• Flowers also carried twice for nine yards as the busiest playmaker on the team.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
• Gemel, 27, is more of a playmaker, and was acquired because the Wings need depth at center.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 14 Feb. 2022
• Kolek has proven to be one of the best playmakers in college basketball.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2023
• The dynamic playmaker scored the first touchdown of the game on his first offensive snap of the season.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
• Gakpo is much more in the Mané mould—a winger who can also act as an inside forward and a playmaker in one.
  — James Nalton, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• Pelham counters with its own playmaker at QB in Clayton Mains, who can win on the ground or through the air.
  — Dennis Victory, al, 29 Aug. 2023
• Think of these next six weeks as a boot camp for Quickley to grow as a playmaker and learn how to be a starting point guard in this league.
  — Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• Now McGee is being allowed to be a playmaker in Phoenix.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2021
• The Frankfurt playmaker is in brilliant form and has been world-class in the Champions League.
  — Manuel Veth, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• Although the unit returns all 11 starters, this group is young and looking for a true playmaker.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Feb. 2022
• Based on some quick back-of-the-napkin math, Curry is one of just 12 lead playmakers 6-foot-3 or shorter.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
• The loss of Williams means the Chargers will play without their only deep threat and most dazzling playmaker.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
• Sleeper Kord Shaw is a do-it-all playmaker for his high school team.
  — oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2021
• And with the release of Julio Jones, Tennessee could use one more playmaker.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2022
• Pearl noted that Green could’ve helped more as a playmaker when his shot wasn’t falling.
  — al, 26 Feb. 2022
• While the idea of secondary playmaker is valid in some ways, the answer was never Westbrook.
  — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• The Suns want to put Shamet in playmaker mode with Payne so that Payne can be more of a scorer, but the two have found their comfort zone with each other.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2021
• What this means is that whoever is the main playmaker on the team playing the Jazz has an excellent opportunity to rack up a bunch of assists.
  — Matt Modi, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024