How to Use the crease in a Sentence

the crease

noun
  • The femoral artery in the groin, just above the crease where the thigh meets the abdomen.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • The odds always favor the team with the cool hand in the crease.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
  • The rashes can appear on the body, the thigh, the crease of the thigh, the pubic region and the face.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 May 2023
  • Elias Lindholm, who was set up in front of the crease, was awarded the goal.
    Peter Warren, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Place the band in the crease of your buttocks where your hamstring meets your glutes.
    Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022
  • John Tavares and Rasmus Sandin each won pucks at the edge of the crease to score for Toronto.
    Dallas News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Nguyen has a tap from the crease on the rebound of a Chyzowski shot.
    Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Dumbbell Donkey Kick How to: Get on all fours, and place a dumbbell at the crease of right knee.
    Women's Health, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The second came just outside the crease and at the end of the rush in the third period with Dallas trailing, 4-3.
    Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2023
  • Apply a dark-colored smokey eye on the eyelid and then go into the crease with a red shade.
    Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The ligament is located between the scaphoid and lunate bones, which are in the crease of the wrist.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Video showed that the crease was clear by the time the puck arrived and no Gophers had made contact with the goalie, so the goal was allowed to stand.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The Florida Panthers’ 22-year-old Finnish center made his way into the slot and then the crease just in front of the net.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In the same period, Walman took a shot from the blue line, and Larkin was at the crease for the rebound, but couldn't get the puck up and over Vasilevskiy's pad.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The breakthrough happened just in the nick of time when Benn scored his 30th goal of the season with 0.7 seconds left from right outside the crease.
    Peter Warren, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Barzal found his teammate all alone at the top of the crease and Palmieri extended his point streak to a career-high six games.
    Scott Charles, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Boston’s Taylor Hall received the puck wide open on the doorstep of the crease before going top shelf.
    Peter Warren, Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The side shoulder pointed toward the net increases what are already good odds for the guy in the crease.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Claude Giroux followed up with an even-strength goal at 14:10, driving straight up the middle to beat Hellberg at the crease.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2023
  • On the very next shift, Boldy finally scored himself, hustling for a loose puck near the crease and firing a shot on net to stretch the lead to 4-2.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Copley has stepped out of the shadows and into the crease at a time the Kings didn’t have reliable goaltending.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • After a puck whizzed through the crease, senior Ajay Johnson knocked it to Davis who converted on a wide-open net.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Larkin was awarded a penalty shot in the final minute of the period when Hawks defenseman Caleb Jones covered the puck in the crease.
    Dana Gauruder, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Frederic provided the 2-2 equalizer, set up at the top of the crease by a short feed into the middle by Bertuzzi.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • That difference isn't too noticeable in real-world use, but the crease is.
    Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 26 July 2023
  • Boyd’s power-play goal early in the third from just outside the crease came off a beautiful pass from Clayton Keller.
    Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
  • For that, Lopez turned to orange and ochre eye shadows, applying the former in the crease of her sockets in a C shape, and adding the latter as a wash over her lids.
    Georgia Day, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2023
  • With the goalie pulled, Bertholet from the left corner puts it into the crease with Cheveldayoff and Cade Hayes pushing hard.
    Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2022
  • But with Hall shielding the puck against a wave of stick checks and the Panthers pushed out of position, DeBrusk skated in unopposed near the crease.
    Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Just concentrate on applying the colors on the eyelids and blending the color at the crease without going all the way to the eyebrows.
    Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023

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