boxer
Example Sentences
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On its deck, a man lay sprawled like a boxer who’d lost a fight.
From Literature
During high school, his father, Noah Robinson, a former professional boxer, would sometimes go to the football field to watch Jesse play.
From Los Angeles Times
In Philadelphia: In “Rocky,” Sylvester Stallone’s character runs up the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s 72 steps as part of the boxer’s grueling training regimen.
They lacked shape, going left and right without making any progress - like a boxer on the ropes punching for their life but not actually hitting anything.
From BBC
So did the singer Tony Bennett, the actor Gene Wilder, the boxer Sugar Ray Robinson and the author E.B.
From MarketWatch
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