How to Use yips in a Sentence

yips

plural noun

• With the yips gone, the first-half goals must come if the U.S. want to win in the next window.
  — Drake Hills, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2022
• Howard, 28, struggled with the yips and was already released by the Reds once.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 4 May 2021
• Baylor with the walkoff field goal after the great montage of the holder having the yips in pregame warmups.
  — Destine Gibson, Dallas News, 28 Nov. 2020
• Regardless: There has been no sign of the chip yips this winter.
  — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• Football isn’t a sport where the yips is often discussed.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2020
• The twisties are essentially like the yips in other sports.
  — Emily Giambalvo Washington Post, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
• The Jazz are like a golfer with yips right now: their mind is preventing them from doing the things their bodies can do.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Apr. 2022
• The M550i keeps challenging the driver's prompts with unwanted yips and moves.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2021
• Matzek’s comeback appearance came a day after the Rockies’ Daniel Bard, who battled his own case of the yips, pitched for the first time since 2013.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 28 July 2020
• Even Poeltl — who has quietly shaken his free-throw yips from earlier in the season — was a perfect 2 of 2.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Apr. 2021
• Nor were there coyote yips or wolf howls piercing the night air in anticipation.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2022
• This story and Helene Elliott’s excellent column explained what has to be the second scariest version of the yips (diving has to be the worst).
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2021
• Spend a starlit winter evening out in hunting country, standing by your vehicle and listening for the yips, yowls, and howls of coyotes.
  — Toby Walrath, Outdoor Life, 25 Jan. 2021
• Long snapper Kyle Nelson developed a nightmare case of the yips that forced the 49ers to replace him with offensive tackle Justin Skule after the last in a series of wayward snaps.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• Bando’s favorite example: When one of the Chinese pitchers suffered his own battle with the yips, Matzek would spend time helping him through bullpen sessions.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021
• The yips, Kuhn believes, develop similarly — a subconscious tension that surfaces every time the ball leaves the hand.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021
• Flame-throwing veteran Daniel Bard, who conquered the yips, has looked like an impressive acquisition.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2020
• Nelson had several wayward snaps Sunday and Shanahan said Nelson had developed the yips, suggesting his issues weren’t injury-related.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024