HOCKEY in a Sentence

Learn HOCKEY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for HOCKEY, such as:
1. Football and hockey players wear shoulder pads.
2. Football, cricket and hockey are all team sports.
3. He wrenched his right shoulder during a game of hockey.
4. Take any sport basketball, ice hockey, swimming or whatever.
5. She was a versatile athlete, especially in basketball, hockey, and track.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of HOCKEY
hockey
 n.  a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net
 n.  a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
Classic Sentence:
1  In tam o'shanter and tweed skirt Carol felt herself a college junior going out to play hockey.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence:
1  I've never played ice hockey - it's far too dangerous.
2  Football and hockey players wear shoulder pads.
3  She was awarded her colours for hockey/her hockey colours at the end of term.
4  He wrenched his right shoulder during a game of hockey.
5  Take any sport basketball, ice hockey, swimming or whatever.
6  Football, cricket and hockey are all team sports.
7  She was a versatile athlete, especially in basketball, hockey, and track.
8  When the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the first quarter, the home team's spirits seemed to flag.