How to Use baton in a Sentence

baton

noun
  • The majorette twirled the baton.
  • This book is a baton which has been passed down to me.
    — Taylor Cassidy, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Having her hand off the baton made the most sense.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Over the years, one has passed the hype baton to the other.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The baton has been waiting long enough.
    — Felecia Hatcher, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Rodarte then struck the teen with his baton six times, the video showed.
    — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Not, like, with-a-gun armed, but like with a baton or pepper spray.
    — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026
  • With that, Howard took out his steel baton and smashed the glass pane on the door.
    — David Armstrong, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The candidate who takes up the baton must prove to be the best.
    — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
  • Mills is standing to the right of the group and drawing his baton.
    — Robin Stein, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • To fail now would be to drop the baton just before the final straight.
    — Alex Riley, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The baton is being passed to a group of emerging economies.
    — Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • These shows this season have taken his baton and run.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
  • Police swung batons and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
    — Riazat Butt and Munir Ahmed The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Then, Aisha Ibrahim took the baton in the first half of this one.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Television has picked up the baton from the film world in at least one way.
    — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2021
  • This can be a stout and heavy flashlight that can double as a baton or club.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Ditch the whip and pick up the baton; lead by example, not by fear.
    — Chris Kille, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Somebody had dropped the baton.
    — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • Police used batons, tear gas, and live fire to disperse the crowd.
    — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • People that go to protests get beaten with batons.
    — Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Nantwi, 22, was struck dozens of times by guards who used their fists, boots and batons.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Wednesday, the baton was passed.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 1 Jan. 2026
  • What did that next passing of the baton look like when it would inevitably get passed to me?
    — Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
  • The guard used her baton to push the towel out of the way and stared at Griner’s chest.
    — J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • The Joule is a slim cylinder about the size of a relay baton.
    — Brad Leone, Bon Appétit, 30 Apr. 2021
  • But by her side through it all—and ready to pick up the baton—was Shar Dubey.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Is the best of all the baton-pass from Cheers to Frasier?
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
  • Now Walker Buehler will look to take the baton and run with it.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025
  • Edris steals a glance at a dozen or two golden batons rising at eye level.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026

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