How to Use spree in a Sentence

spree

noun
  • Coleman had six during the spree and Jones chipped in two with a jumper in the paint.
    Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2024
  • In the film, a man goes on Christmas Eve killing spree to avenge his son’s death.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Wealthy house hunters in the U.S. armed with stacks of cash have been on a spending spree this year.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 July 2024
  • By the end of the spree, the rapist’s attacks were spread out over 500 square miles of South Florida.
    David Schutz, Sun Sentinel, 12 July 2024
  • In some ways, this line signals how the team’s crime spree will implode.
    Brandon Tensley, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • The Michelin Guide has been on a bit of an expansion spree as of late.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 June 2023
  • Madden is the latest snag for CAA which has been on a bit of a signing spree.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2022
  • She’s at sleep-away school trying to stop a killing spree, among other things.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
  • On the first pitch of the game, Jackson hit a double to center field to spark Keller’s scoring spree.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024
  • The company was on a hiring spree in Q3, but will slow down some next year.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The deal for Fallen Leaves follows a buying spree for Mubi on the Croisette this year.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
  • Through Nechaev, the player unravels the mystery of why the robots have gone on a killing spree.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Since the summer, Berkshire has been on a BYD stock-selling spree.
    Laura He, CNN, 23 Nov. 2022
  • That evening’s crime spree included the brutal rape of a woman jogging in the park.
    Nr Editors, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The film featured the stars as two women who take on a road trip that devolves into a crime spree.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Since the pandemic began, lots of schools have been on a hiring spree.
    USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The messages were posted in a spree around 8:25 am ET, and took half an hour to be removed and for the account to be restored.
    William Earl, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • T'yonna was one of three people killed in the shooting spree Wednesday, along with a woman and a TV reporter.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • One of them — his second victim during the spree — asked the board to deny parole.
    Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
  • This shooting wasn’t the Uvalde sort of thing — where one unhinged, aggrieved lone wolf went on a murder spree at a school.
    Kyle Whitmire, al, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The crime spree began on May 5, when a Kia Forte was stolen in northeast Albuquerque.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 9 June 2024
  • At the epicenter of the club’s $100 million plus free-agent spending spree was Smith, a linchpin of it all in more ways than one.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The tech sector goes on a hiring spree and then has to retrench with thousands of layoffs.
    Suzanne Bates, Quartz, 2 May 2023
  • Whether this is a brief spree in the wake of the Ohtani signing, or a true recalibration of how the team plans to spend, remains to be seen.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Killing some 20 backpackers before his spree hit a speed bump, Sobhraj was brought down by the Dutch Embassy.
    Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2023
  • However, the car is secretly evil and begins to go on a killing spree.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The crime spree The 1985 Modesto robberies were the grand finale of a crime spree that consummated the three‐year romance of Davis and Edwards.
    Time, 2 Oct. 2023
  • That team went on a massive selling spree while the White Sox were on their way to the postseason, thinking the future was bright.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
  • However, prosecutors at the time said the two brothers’ motive was greed and cited their lavish spending spree after the slayings.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Twenty-eight years ago, coming off their defeat in the O.J. Simpson trial, the prosecutors claimed the brothers, who did go on a spending spree after their parents’ death, was all about getting their hands on their parent’s wealth.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024

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