How to Use relay in a Sentence

relay

1 of 2 noun

• They worked in relays to clear the rubble.
• We set up a relay to carry buckets of water to the campsite.
• Our relay team is training for next weekend's race.
• There’s a full marathon, a half marathon, a 5-miler, relays and even a kids race.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023
• The Granada Hills boys’ relay team tied the meet record with a winning time of 40.80.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
• The relay title was his third gold medal at this year’s worlds.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2023
• So there was almost a relay of footage that this film was made from.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
• The 4x400 relays Miss Pam excelled running anchor on was the last event of the meet.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
• The ladies’ relay is a three-person team and two horses.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
• Duncanville was the only 6A girls team to score points in all three relays.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
• Moncada tried to score from first, but a strong relay from Steven Kwan and Gimenez cut him down at the plate.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 30 July 2023
• Also ran a superb leg on the 4×100 relay, but the team later dropped the baton.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
• The tournament will also have a longsword relay with teams of three.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 3 May 2023
• The third baseman fired to Stovall at second and his relay was late at first base.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 6 Apr. 2024
• Three gold medalists from that 4 x 100 relay team in Rio set out to become mothers.
  — Allyson Felix, Time, 15 June 2023
• Coleman wants to run the longer distance on the relay to make her hurdle races appear shorter.
  — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
• In left field, Fraley tried to start a relay to catch a baserunner at home plate, and his throw sailed high over the heads of the cutoff man and the backup cutoff man.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 13 May 2023
• He’s also expected to run the 4x100-meter relay at this year’s worlds for Team USA.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• Mobley and senior Jacqueline Rolle made up the 800 relay.
  — David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 12 May 2023
• It was invented in California in the 1970s and is a team sport for dogs, a cross between and a relay and a hurdle race.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
• The speed controller, employing diodes and relays, was pretty advanced for the time.
  — Kevin A. Wilson, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023
• Allyson Felix wants to ensure that her former relay teammate, Tori Bowie, did not die in vain.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• In 2000 at the Sydney Olympics, Torres won five medals, including two relay golds.
  — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
• Morris was the anchor on both of the boys first place winning relay teams and Mamae finished first in the 100-meter hurdles as well.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
• Within minutes, a contest had developed: could the Olympians swim a relay back and forth across the lake before Itzler and two of his back-of-the-pack friends made it across?
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• She was named an All American National Athlete and ran in the 4 x 400 relays.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2023
• Earlier in the year, O’Dell helped down another national record with her team in the 200 freestyle relay.
  — USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• Tribble and her husband were competing with a relay team in a charity race from the Bahamas to Lake Worth.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 30 June 2023
• Taylor Knibb and Taylor Spivey are podium candidates, as is the mixed relay.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• The Razorbacks are the only school qualified in both relay events with their 1,600 and distance medley teams.
  — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024

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relay

2 of 2 verb

• The threat of rain relayed by the grounds crew to the umpires is often enough for the roof to be closed.
  — Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2023
• While that case was in the court system, the F.B.I. relayed word to Bernard of a threat to kidnap her infant daughter.
  — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2024
• Betts made a strong throw home to Smith, who relayed a throw to shortstop Rojas, who tagged Lowe to end the inning.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
• On the boys’ side, Burlington cruised to a third straight D4 relays crown, finishing with 96 points.
  — Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• The uncle relayed what Layan had told him: The Israeli army had opened fire on the family’s car.
  — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
• The information was relayed to the Coast Guard, which used it to narrow the search area, the official said.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 28 June 2023
• That evening, prison staff informed Dotson’s brother, who relayed the news to South.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• Upadhyaya relayed to the court that Chutkan intends to set a trial date at the hearing, which Trump does not have to attend.
  — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• Watling relayed the rough numbers in terms of troops and ammunition.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• In the episode, one of the town's police officers relays the message that something bad had happened to his father.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
• Pulled from a forecasting tool, the tool relays your heat risk via a meter, ranging from no risk to extreme.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 6 May 2024
• Rams coach Sean McVay relayed Michel’s message to the media later that day.
  — Conor Roche, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
• After a few minutes, one of the drones pinpoints the blaze, then relays the information to its cohorts.
  — Will Knight, WIRED, 25 July 2023
• Customers trickle in and out of the chairs, relaying distinct visions for their hair.
  — Uwa Ede-Osifo, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
• This year, 27 of the 60 applicants relayed accounts of ACL injuries.
  — Tom Farrey, Time, 17 July 2023
• Tell you something else (relayed by Mr. Risen): Dobbins enlisted in the Navy.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 July 2023
• But the message a dispatcher relayed to firefighters in the field was more mundane: The business had a water leak.
  — Olivia Diaz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023
• The deputy relayed that information to a staffer in Walter’s courtroom.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• No electronics are allowed in the courtroom, but reporters will be on hand to witness the proceedings and relay the charges when they are read.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2023
• As Bayer relayed this information to the room that night, board members shook their heads and covered their faces with their hands.
  — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
• Sophia Loren is recovering well following surgery, a rep for the 89-year-old actress relayed to the press on Tuesday.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
• Seal worked with a teammate, who relayed officials’ spoken words to him in sign language.
  — Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• After one of the children went back inside their home and relayed what happened to their mother, Owens went to Lorincz’s home to address the matter.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 7 June 2023
• Feedback is relayed to the scientists to refine the material over months and years.
  — Time, 9 Aug. 2023
• In a recorded phone call, the officer relays to Corporal Duncan what Williams told him.
  — Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2023
• The sister said Emerson had visited D.C. often and loved the city, and never relayed any concerns about crime.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• In one case, a search for a murder suspect was tracked and relayed on social media in real time, which Chief O’Hara said might have risked tipping off the suspect.
  — Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• One man relayed how Ms. Turner offered coffee to people working in her house and even poured it herself.
  — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• Likens relayed Rice’s message to coach Rhett Lashlee — the team’s play-caller — who then would follow the star receiver’s advice.
  — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• Some days later, a monitor in the operations center relayed a live aerial feed of the land drone travelling up the road into Tabaivka.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024