How to Use undermanned in a Sentence

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• Eddy Pineiro kicked field goals of 41 and 27 yards for the undermanned Bears.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
• The Pelicans may be undermanned, which means the Bucks are a good pick in this matchup.
  — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
• Even undermanned, the 76ers keep on rolling thanks to Ben Simmons.
  — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 1 Apr. 2018
• Yarbrough made five saves and kept the Rapids afloat through an undermanned assault.
  — Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 18 July 2020
• Even against an undermanned squad like the Raptors, the Spurs are a team that needs to do a lot of little things right to win.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Apr. 2021
• But the loss to the undermanned Suns was one more reminder of just how difficult that will be.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2023
• The Warriors have lost too many games against undermanned teams.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
• Irving quickly scored 26 and Durant added 22 as the Nets flung the ball around the court and ran away from the undermanned Warriors.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2020
• The Panthers spread the ball around during a rout of an undermanned Wisdom team.
  — Jack Marrion, Chron, 28 Oct. 2020
• Instead, Cleveland got punked by the undermanned Warriors -- a group of feisty snipers who shot the lights out.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023
• Even undermanned, this resilient group could very well beat any of those teams.
  — Aj Neuharth-Keusch, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2018
• Can the Warriors’ undermanned bench match the Grizzlies’ depth?
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2021
• It’s the second straight game the undermanned Cavs couldn’t keep pace with the Mavericks, who entered the night with the league’s eighth best offense.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 9 May 2021
• Defeat the undermanned Colts and earn the franchise’s first playoff berth since 2018.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2022
• That came with an undermanned team that lost one of its key players midway through Big Ten play.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2022
• The next Arkansas coach will be faced with the challenge of an undermanned roster.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2019
• Not their undermanned opponent, struggling on the second night of a back-to-back.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2021
• In the 62nd minute, with the Colorado defense mismatched and undermanned, Williamson played a quick ball in that found a streaking Niezgoda for the score.
  — oregonlive, 25 June 2022
• At least the Eagles, who need Carson Wentz to settle down and protect the ball and for his line and receivers to step up, get an undermanned 49ers.
  — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
• Forced to play on both sides of the ball for his undermanned team, Coward became well-rounded as a lineman — if not well-known.
  — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• After all, the skidding Jaguars (1-9) are even more undermanned.
  — Mark Long, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Nov. 2020
• After struggling through one of their worst opening months, some help appears to be on the way for the undermanned Marlins.
  — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The undermanned and unplanned efforts by police to set up perimeters came too late for them.
  — miamiherald, 15 May 2016
• That’s simply a reflection of how broken and undermanned the group of pass catchers was in 2017.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• Being undermanned in the secondary wouldn’t be an issue — or as big of an issue — if the Lions had any bite to their pass rush.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2020
• On Wednesday night the undermanned Celtics disposed of the Raptors, a team still fighting for its playoff life, 97-93.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• That played out in the first couple of games where the linebacking corps was decidedly undermanned.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• The All-Star break will give a week off to an undermanned and underwhelming club with a 10-26 record, worst in the Eastern Conference.
  — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2021
• Sparked by Maxey, the undermanned, feisty Sixers stuck with Denver throughout the first half.
  — Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 9 Jan. 2021
• The likelihood of a dazzling offensive display would be high, with the league's third- and fourth-ranked attacks looking like too much for either undermanned defense to handle.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024