ATHLETE in a Sentence
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64 example sentences for ATHLETE, such as:
1. I was a natural athlete as a kid.
2. The athlete has got powerful muscles.
3. The athlete tested positive for steroids.
4. He is over the hill as a professional athlete.
5. The athlete broke an arm while climbing a cliff.
2. The athlete has got powerful muscles.
3. The athlete tested positive for steroids.
4. He is over the hill as a professional athlete.
5. The athlete broke an arm while climbing a cliff.
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Meanings and Examples of ATHLETE
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athlete
n. a person trained to compete in sports
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 The lower of the three is Gilchrist, a fine scholar and athlete, plays in the Rugby team and the cricket team for the college, and got his Blue for the hurdles and the long jump.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
2 Side by side with his memory of the deeds of prowess of his uncle Mat Davin, the athlete, the young peasant worshipped the sorrowful legend of Ireland.
3 A redoubtable method, and one which, united with genius, rendered this gloomy athlete of the pugilism of war invincible for the space of fifteen years.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815
4 They sat down, and gazed with great gravity at each other, each thinking in his heart that he had seldom seen a stronger or more athletic figure than was placed opposite to him.
5 Holmes had sprung to his feet, and I saw his dark, athletic outline at the door of the hut, his shoulders stooping, his head thrust forward, his face peering into the darkness.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
6 Bar fencing and boxing I had few athletic tastes, and then my line of study was quite distinct from that of the other fellows, so that we had no points of contact at all.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
Context Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
7 If he is an elderly man he is not this active cyclist who sprints away from that young lady's athletic pursuit.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
8 What happened with this: This young fellow had employed his afternoon at the athletic grounds, where he had been practising the jump.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
9 I am a good hand at every kind of athletic sport known among mankind.
10 He had grown a tall, athletic, well-formed man; beside whom my master seemed quite slender and youth-like.
11 There was the host himself, a tall, athletic young man, clad in evening dress, as also was the editor, a dyspeptic-looking gentleman named Maynard.
12 In the same way there are magazines about Egyptian coins, and Catholic saints, and flying machines, and athletic records, and I know nothing about any of them.
13 His masters, even when they had not attracted him, had seemed to him always intelligent and serious priests, athletic and high-spirited prefects.
14 An athletic black belonging to some coast tribe, and educated by my poor predecessor, was the helmsman.
15 He was an athletic, gigantic bandit, with large eyes, thick lips, and a flat nose; his red hair fell in dishevelled masses like snakes around his shoulders.
Example Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
1 The athlete broke an arm while climbing a cliff.
2 Derartu is an outstanding athlete and deserved to win.
3 She has the build and strength of a natural athlete.
4 The athlete is checked by their physio or doctor.
5 The athlete will have one final fling before retirement.
6 Trainers rub down an athlete after hard exercise.
7 I was a natural athlete as a kid.
8 Ade is handsome and smart , not to mention being a good athlete.
9 She rose with the fluent movement of an athlete.
10 The athlete tested positive for steroids.
11 Drugs again rained on the Olympics'parade as another athlete tested positive for an illegal substance.
12 The athlete has got powerful muscles.
13 He is over the hill as a professional athlete.
14 If an athlete makes a false start, the race must be restarted.
15 No athlete would dream of entering a big race without adequate preparation.