playmaker

Example Sentences

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As an attacking midfielder, Parkinson is often the playmaker and is said to be composed on the ball, as well as strong under pressure.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Tyler Tanner, guard, Vanderbilt: The 6-foot playmaker has enjoyed a breakout season, averaging 19.2 points per game for a Commodores squad that went 16-0 to start the season.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

The Germany playmaker missed Liverpool's win against West Ham and is most likely to return in the Champions League game against Galatasaray on 10 March.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Cameron was stretchered off in the second half of the Hurricanes' 52-10 Super Rugby hammering of Moana Pasifika on Friday night, with coach Clark Laidlaw conceding "it didn't look good" for the classy one-Test playmaker.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

And presently the strong joy of creating kindled in him, and phrase flowed abreast with thought, and the playmaker wrote fluently and surely to an accompaniment of contented ejaculations.

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch