How to Use robin in a Sentence

robin

noun
  • The men lost in the bronze-medal game and the women didn’t make it out of round-robin play.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The Big 12 wanted to play a 10-team, nine-game round-robin.
    Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Some folks say the first day of spring comes with the first trumpeter swan or the first robin.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2021
  • Vegas beat Chicago in the first round, and swept the round robin to claim the No. 1 seed in the West.
    Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Lehner played two of the three games during the round-robin.
    Fox News, 12 Aug. 2020
  • To get here, five teams played 16 games in the round-robin semifinals.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2022
  • In the nearby woods a robin sings, 14 hours ahead of schedule.
    The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Vicky Persinger are 1-2 in round robin play, with six matches to go.
    Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Just e0 feet away a pair of robin-sized birds bobbed and pecked on a pile of mussel shells.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The field of 48 two-woman teams will play 45 holes of round robin net four-ball match play.
    Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Each golfer plays the other three in his group over the first three days in a round-robin format.
    Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Score it for 40% off in a robin's egg blue, gray, or taupe color.
    Sam Peters, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Trim painted robin’s egg blue ties a new addition to the rest of the house.
    Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The same goes for the Stars between Bishop and Khudobin, who split time in the round-robin.
    Stephen Whyno, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Later, the teams were re-seeded based on the round-robin results.
    Brett Shweky, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The arrival of robins is a sure sign that spring is on its way in Michigan, right?
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2024
  • To make: Dye or paint wooden eggs white or robin's egg blue.
    Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Some, like robins, switch from earthworms and insects to fruits and berries.
    Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2020
  • With the round-robin format a thing of the past, the schedule could be a deciding factor.
    Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The Americans beat the Japanese in round-robin play then lost to them in the final.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2021
  • With those two victories, the team of Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys moved to 3-2 at the midway point of round-robin play.
    USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Each team will play each other once in pool play, round robin style.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
  • Round-robin schedule, top two teams play for the title?
    Berry Tramel, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2020
  • This year, those same two teams came out on top in the round robin — without breaking much of a sweat.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Conor tilted his head to the side, like a curious robin.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • After the round robin, the top four teams move into the semifinals.
    Bernie Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2022
  • In a 2013 round-robin game in Tokyo, a fly ball was hit to center field with a runner on third base.
    Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021
  • An oasis for all Robert and Eva have seen robins, doves, owls, and even hawks in and around their garden.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2023
  • Vintage Tennis: Round robin matches for men and women 60 or older.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Billed as dueling superwomen at the time, their attire — a robin’s egg blue skirt suit and strands of pearls for Clinton, and a pale peach skirt suit with a gold necklace for Dole, were side notes, not the main attraction.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 17 July 2024

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