football

Example Sentences

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We kissed, and with it came a memory: Freshman year of college, orientation week or shortly afterward, I was at a football party with the girl who would soon be my sorority big.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

When you’re popular in the way football is, you want everything, and you can push the edges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

He left the oral arguments over birthright citizenship early, as if he were Charlie Brown and Chief Justice John Roberts were Lucy yanking the football away from him at the last second.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

Sundon Park Rangers Football Club, where Noah played, held a service on Thursday night in Luton where people from across the wider football community came to pay their respects.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

My heart felt like an exploding football in my chest.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli