How to Use wrestling in a Sentence
wrestling
noun- He was on the wrestling team in high school.
- My favorite sport is wrestling.
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John Quinlan has been the school's wrestling coach for 39 years.
— Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023 -
The thing is the contestant has a background in wrestling.
— Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 22 Mar. 2023 -
The crunch time of the college wrestling season will soon be upon us.
— Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023 -
Which surprised Poway High wrestling coach John Meyers not in the least.
— Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023 -
The silicone bottom of the mold means no wrestling to free your frozen sphere.
— Sean Evans, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2023 -
On the Monday after their fourth loss, the players met with the coaches, in the wrestling room.
— Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2024 -
Afraid to get in trouble, Dom went to wrestling practice.
— Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024 -
This sumo wrestling is not the cliched images of 600-pound men in nothing but top knots and loin cloths.
— Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 -
As the lights dimmed, the show’s production crew members threw a curtain over the wrestling star.
— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024 -
Bad Bunny spoke with Allure in 2021 about his love of wrestling.
— William Earl, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023 -
Japan, on the strength of judo, wrestling and fencing was second with 54 points.
— John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024 -
Pro wrestling has always been staged, and the audience knew it but didn’t care.
— Irina Aleksander, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024 -
The third-generation WWE star first crossed paths with her at a wrestling event in 2012.
— Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023 -
The legacy that has been building around USA Wrestling, the bar that has been raised in freestyle wrestling, is amazing.
— Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024 -
Of course Atlanta hip-hop and wrestling have a had a strong connection for decades.
— Shaheem Reid, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024 -
And of course, his wrestling with his ego is evident in his music.
— Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022 -
The pay-per-view event quickly became the pinnacle of pro wrestling.
— Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023 -
Saved Stories The mouth of the Mississippi River is the arena for a kind of wrestling match.
— Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2023 -
At least, that’s what Reid believes about his wrestling career.
— Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024 -
Very unique, cool and rare character, which is hard to create in our crazy world of pro wrestling.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023 -
Nineteen hours after the attack, the same trail camera revealed the result of the wildlife wrestling match.
— Kris Millgate, Field & Stream, 4 Oct. 2023 -
Monti even did her own stunts, except for the brief wrestling match sequences.
— Nicolas Rapold, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023 -
Elsewhere in the 15-minute video, the hip-hopper also discussed his love of drawing and wrestling.
— Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2023 -
From raucous wrestling matches to chill movie nights, your sofa sees it all—and can show it all too.
— Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023 -
Pat Coleman watches Norton wrestling meets with a notebook in hand, writing down the good and the bad.
— Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023 -
Kevin Sullivan, the wrestling icon who performed as the Taskmaster, has died at age 74.
— Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2024 -
Throughout wrestling history, this stipulation has not proven to be full proof.
— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024 -
Bean and Smith were seen on video wrestling with Nichols and holding his arms, while also hitting him, but the jury was not convinced those actions amounted to civil rights violations.
— Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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