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 -
In pro wrestling, the good guys are known as babyfaces and the bad guys are known as heels.
— Alice Hines, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2022 -
The two chopped it up about pro wrestling and the intricacies of the sport.
— Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024 -
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 -
Iowa has been the standard for years in college wrestling.
— Eli McKown, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2022 -
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 -
Several wrestling fans embraced the change, while the WWE took some time to adapt.
— Mark Lasota, Ph.d., Forbes, 1 Dec. 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 -
News of Hall's failing health had spread quickly through the tight circles of pro wrestling.
— NBC News, 15 Mar. 2022 -
One amendment did pass that would create girls' wrestling teams in high schools.
— CBS News, 5 Apr. 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
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