How to Use athlete in a Sentence

athlete

noun
  • She was quite an athlete as a child.
  • Athletes from around the world will be competing at the Olympics.
  • Read more on the athletes to watch.
    — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The freak athlete part is well-known.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2026
  • That’s a creed many athletes live by.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • But should high school athletes wear them?
    — Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
  • These are the athletes who could do just that.
    — Nick Zaccardi, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The athletes can’t look too naked.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Ross is an elite athlete who can play both ends of the floor.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2022
  • Both of these athletes know what works well for their body type.
    — Essence, 2 May 2024
  • The athletes are very well taken care of now.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Sadiq is one of the most unique athletes in the country.
    — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There are times when some athletes need a little help.
    — Jim Turner, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
  • The athlete was then left on the roadside.
    — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Judge is not the first athlete to be vexed by the challenge.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Here are six athletes to look out for this weekend.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • As is the case with all athletes there are peaks and valleys.
    — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • What are muscle cramps and why do athletes get them?
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The two winning athletes will split the pool in half.
    — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Just a young athlete telling people to back off.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
  • An area athlete is in the state’s top five in every field event.
    — cleveland, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Adaleia was in eighth grade, and the trans athlete was in seventh.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The athlete could be then heard laughing at the joke at the end of the video.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Many leaders, like athletes, stay too long.
    — Paul Hardart, Fortune, 9 May 2026
  • Here’s a look at their first week back in the thick of the student-athlete life.
    — Emily Hollwedel, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2023
  • That pattern isn’t unique to athletes.
    — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • But, for many of these athletes, their life is much more than touchdowns and field goals.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Barner is also a good athlete who moves well in space.
    — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • There has been no shortage of athletes willing to sue to stay.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The goal was to work with Penn State athletes from all sports.
    — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025

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