basketball

Example Sentences

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You have playoff basketball and hockey, which are both great, especially this year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Here you might spy a lion’s mane jellyfish, whose stinging tentacles have been known to grow more than 100 feet, longer than the length of a basketball court.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Johnny said he went to a park near his grandmother‘s house years ago to play basketball and “saw people doing something curious.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

We saw the 19-year-olds unwinding during the race by playing basketball and enjoying an evening of Mongolian throat singing.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

She’s the type to sweetly agree to a toddler’s request to play them in basketball, only to then cross them up and dunk on them.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer