How to Use pylon in a Sentence
pylon
noun- The bridge is supported by concrete pylons.
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Next, Chase Green was stopped short in his dash to the right pylon.
— Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2022 -
On the next play, Fenwick takes it to the right side and hits the pylon for a 12-yard TD run.
— oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 -
Now, Jones wants to have a hand in bringing the Petty name back to the top of the pylon.
— Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021 -
The 50-yard heave heads toward the right front pylon of the end zone, but about 10 yards short.
— Matt Goul, cleveland.com, 4 June 2019 -
But check on the tweet above and the excellent work from the pylon cam.
— Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2021 -
Dominique dove for the end zone, hit the pylon, but was called out at the 1-yard line.
— Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 25 Sep. 2021 -
The official was looking at the ball, the fumble, the goal line, and the pylon.
— cleveland, 23 Jan. 2021 -
Njoku caught the short pass to the right, stiff-armed safety Jessie Bates and stretched the ball over the pylon to narrow the gap to 20-10.
— cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022 -
But the journey to bring Red Bull Racing back to the top of the pylon hasn’t not been an easy one.
— Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021 -
And when Hill took a jet sweep to the pylon for a touchdown, the Chiefs had some breathing room.
— Dave Skretta, courant.com, 6 Oct. 2020 -
The ball hit the pylon and popped out, quickly scooped up by Savage.
— Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022 -
The ball went up, a back-shoulder fade toward the front pylon.
— Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2018 -
Ward spun out of some pressure and found Grimes sprinting to the right pylon.
— Jim Martinez, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2021 -
On the snap, Mayfield surveyed the field, saw nothing and took off for the left pylon.
— Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2019 -
The play looked ugly from the start, two Raider receivers flooding the same area inside the 10 on the way to the left pylon.
— Peter King, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017 -
Inches from the goal line, the ball slipped out of his hand and floated forward, off the pylon and out of bounds.
— Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Dec. 2017 -
Yet with each step Lynn took toward the pylon, the pressure grew lighter.
— J.l. Kirven, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2020 -
King was off to the races and beat free safety Rodney McLeod to the pylon for a 57-yard touchdown.
— Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 20 Dec. 2017 -
After weeks of back and forth, it was decided to move the pylon 11 feet to the north, sitting near the edge of the canal.
— Jason Dearen and Jennifer Kay, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018 -
All left neatly on a concrete pylon at the edge of the bridge that carries North Street over the Pike.
— Mark Arsenault, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2018 -
On third-and-goal from the five-yard line, the junior burst past the line and leaped for the right pylon for his second touchdown of the game.
— Wells Dusenbury, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2017 -
But Hogan stood up with the Sheik on his back and slammed him into a corner pylon.
— Daniel E. Slotnik, New York Times, 7 June 2023 -
Arredondo rolled out right and fired a low pass, but Horwath hauled it in at the goal line, rolling over the pylon.
— Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2021 -
Now, with his younger cousin, his seats are on the front stretch just across from the pits and almost even with the scoring pylon.
— Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 22 May 2020 -
The ball was recovered by Kyle Van Noy, who sprinted 22 yards and stretched the ball to the pylon for the touchdown.
— Kyle Hightower, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2019 -
After receiving a handoff to the left, Gibbs cut to the right, burst through a hole, cut back to the left and won a footrace to the pylon.
— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2024 -
At the time, the fuel tank from the previous TERF flight was still attached to the left hand pylon.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2019 -
Ertz extended the ball to the pylon and struck it just before his left foot came down out of bounds.
— Emily Horos, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2022 -
While responding, emergency crews learned that a group from a local rafting company struck a bridge pylon and an adult woman was injured and receiving CPR on the river bank.
— Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 31 May 2024
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