How to Use balance beam in a Sentence

balance beam

noun
  • Kids can climb, jump and run over rope bridges, balance beams and so much more.
    — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Biles still made the event finals in vault, balance beam and floor and all-around.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 2021
  • Biles dropped out of other finals but won a bronze on balance beam.
    — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Wieber was also bronze medalist on the balance beam in the same event.
    — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Biles still left Tokyo with a medal, bringing home bronze for balance beam.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The 22-year-old took the top scores on floor, vault and balance beam but placed third on bars.
    — Vanna Quiroz, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Suni Lee will compete on the uneven bars, balance beam and floor.
    — NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • Think back to grade school and the days of walking on the balance beam, or doing jump rope, or four square.
    — Peter San Nicolas, Ramona Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Biles withdrew from three event finals but returned to earn a bronze medal on the balance beam.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Women compete in just four, with the balance beam and uneven bars added to the floor and vault.
    — Claire Galofaro, chicagotribune.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • But there have been real-life trolls, too, and hurdles larger than even the balance beam.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 5 Mar. 2020
  • The balance beam started off hundreds of years ago as a log suspended in the air.
    — Claire Galofaro, chicagotribune.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Biles will be joined by Jones in the all-around, floor, uneven bars and balance beam finals.
    — Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Penaranda also placed third on the balance beam and was second in the all-around.
    — Mike May, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • The Utes drew the rotation of starting on the balance beam, their best event.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Apparatuses like the vault, balance beam, high bars and rings are not part of the sport.
    — Craig Clary, baltimoresun.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Paige Yu from Highland placed second in the all-around and balance beam.
    — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Four gold medals at Rio, plus a bronze on the balance beam, turned Biles into a household name.
    — Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 14 July 2021
  • The move came at the finale of Biles' minute-and-a-half-long routine, which ended on the balance beam.
    — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Biles has the chance to overtake Scherbo in Sunday’s balance beam and floor events.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2019
  • Biles won four gold medals in the 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze medal on the balance beam.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Johnson received personal-best scores for her floor routine and balance beam.
    — Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
  • While training as a gymnast, Chelsea fell off of a balance beam at the age of 10 and injured her back.
    — CBS News, 16 Jan. 2018
  • During the first three years of her college career, Alipio was known as a balance beam expert.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Biles finished with a silver in the team event and a bronze in the balance beam to give her seven Olympic medals for her career.
    — John McClain, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Aug. 2021
  • But, in the lead-up to the last final, on Tuesday, on the balance beam, Biles’s name appeared on the start list.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Biles also earned bronze on balance beam in Rio, the only one of her 2016 Olympic medals that was not gold.
    — Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The Fire Melt Burger ($9) played with heat like a gold medal Olympic gymnast on the balance beam.
    — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Missing from the equation as Chiles entered her senior season in Westwood were her perfect scores on balance beam and vault.
    — Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • No surprise there – Lee is widely regarded for her incredible connection work on bars and balance beam.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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