tryout

Example Sentences

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Also baseball players are not allowed to participate in a professional tryout during their season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

But on the day it mattered most, she flubbed her tryout and failed to make the team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

With the World Cup a year away, the tryout period will soon be ending.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

The show is inspired by a 2022 short video featuring an undercover Eli Manning as a walk-on at a Penn State football tryout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Now that Elsie and I are out of clues, and the second tryout is only a couple days away, we decide to shift all our focus into not failing.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston