How to Use alley-oop in a Sentence

alley-oop

noun
  • Kai Jones put him on a poster on an alley-oop dunk in a highlight play.
    — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
  • The second-round pick is 6-7 and can get his head at the rim on alley-oop dunks.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • His first points came on an alley-oop dunk off a lob pass from Wembanyama.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The audience doesn’t just hand you an alley-oop slam dunk every time.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
  • LaVine follows up his first dunk by catching an alley-oop from the free-throw line.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • At times, its post players were flying, catching alley-oops that brought the house down.
    — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, Harden would rather pass than shoot, and Allen could catch a few alley-oops.
    — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
  • Doncic connected with Kessler on an alley-oop on the game’s first play.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Utah Valley had a chance to tie but failed to convert a last second alley-oop attempt.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
  • This included a lob from nearly midcourt to Jones for the alley-oop dunk.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
  • Within eight seconds, Acuff floated an alley-oop pass to Ewin for a slam.
    — Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Tramon Mark finds Nic Codie on an alley-oop, and the crowd goes nutty.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
  • And even then, that was an alley-oop score of a transition pass from Tyler Herro.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Fears has been good all year, as evidenced as the timing on this alley-oop pass against Kansas.
    — Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Isaac Davis missed a potential tying alley-oop dunk with three seconds left.
    — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The Cardinals threw down an alley-oop's worth of it Wednesday.
    — The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Then Rosero and Memo Rodriguez teamed up for what felt like an alley-oop off a corner kick.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024
  • This result is a high-scoring alley-oop-fest broken up only by about a million three-point attempts.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • For anyone else, these alley-oops would be spectacular, highlight-reel plays.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Jamerson spun for a layup and Donovan Dent threw an alley-oop to Dailey.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Rozier missed a jumper and reverse layup and threw an errant alley-oop to Ware in his four scoreless minutes.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The highlight of the half was a transition alley-oop dunk from Dent to Dailey.
    — Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • For his next attempt, Stephon Castle nabbed a solid hammer slam off an alley-oop look.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Doncic flipped a half-court alley-oop to Jaxson Hayes, who finished it with a reverse dunk.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Reid, who played at LSU, had two 3-pointers and an alley-oop dunk during the run.
    — CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • An Okla alley-oop slam was the dagger and Pettway and the North fans erupted as time ran down.
    — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Okpara’s alley-oop and two free throws by Jordan Gainey cut UF’s lead to six.
    — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The high-flyer even flew in to finish an alley-oop dunk after Diarra set him up off the backboard.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Oso Ighodaro followed that by throwing down an alley-oop dunk for a 53-49 lead.
    — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2024
  • But Cadeau found Mara for an alley-oop dunk and converted a tying layup in the final seconds.
    — Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026

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