How to Use boxer in a Sentence

boxer

noun
  • More than once, over the past few years, novices have held their own with top boxers.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 2023-10-30
  • Each boxer was able to use his full arsenal to win the fight.
    — Jamie Barton, CNN, 2024-11-26
  • My dad always wanted to be a boxer, but his mum and dad said no.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2025-07-25
  • The title was a nod to the phrase used as boxers’ enter the ring.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2023-03-15
  • So hours later, there was the stage and neither boxer was on it.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 2023-04-27
  • His father isn’t a boxer but is a fan of the sport and supports him.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 2022-07-10
  • The set includes a loose button-down shirt and satin boxers.
    — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 2024-11-27
  • The Guardians, however, are like a boxer who can’t punch.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 2022-09-08
  • The boxer — or the entertainer — is nowhere to be found.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 2024-01-31
  • He was stripped to his boxers, a T-shirt and socks before being placed in a cell alone.
    — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 2023-11-16
  • A touch of elastane gives them a four-way stretch so these boxers can move with you instead of bunching up.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Travel + Leisure, 2024-01-24
  • Mendez wears the blessed boxers for every game and only washes them when the team loses.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2025-01-24
  • In the son of a boxer, Standbrook saw a future captain.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 2022-10-05
  • At the same time, his braggadocio stirred an excitement that hadn’t been seen for any boxer in years.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 2025-01-17
  • Pound for pound, as boxers say, this is one of the most fearsome pieces of artillery in modern warfare.
    — Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 2023-08-21
  • George Foreman has won and lost everything that a boxer can dream of inside the ring.
    — Arturo Conde, NBC News, 2023-04-27
  • Based on a Naver webtoon of the same name, this action thriller revolves around two young boxers who enter the world of loan sharks.
    — Time, 2023-06-14
  • Few things are sexier than when a man sleeps in a simple pair of poplin boxers like these from Telerie Spadari.
    — Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 2024-08-19
  • Wade planned to put Paul, the social media star turned pro boxer, through 2.5 miles of running.
    — Morgan Campbell, New York Times, 2023-08-21
  • Tyson and Paul drew 108 million viewers in a fight that the legendary boxer lost.
    — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 2025-06-18
  • The gym is so intense that famous boxers stay here to train and Idris Elba came when beefing up for a role.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2025-03-23
  • The boxer is a big fan of the NBA and is often pictured sitting courtside.
    — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 2024-06-07
  • The outcome isn’t shown, even though the freeze-frame of the boxers was turned into a LeRoy Neiman painting.
    — Vulture, 2024-02-04
  • Ben leaps into the body of a promising young boxer before a big fight in 1970s Las Vegas.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 2022-10-03
  • Much like a boxer, St. Laurence’s Adrian Perez took the punch and responded in kind.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 2025-05-09
  • Germany’s Skyranger 30 is integrated into an 8×8 Boxer wheeled armored vehicle.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Boxer also highlighted Villaraigosa’s history in her statement as an Assembly leader and former mayor of Los Angeles.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Larger breeds like the Irish Setter, Boxer, Collie, Newfoundland, and Border Collie are energetic, friendly, and thrive in active homes.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • She is also known for characters such as Angel (Every Boxer’s Girlfriend from Every Movie About Boxing Ever), teen film critic Bailey Gismert and Crystal (Your Co-Worker Who is Extremely Busy Doing Seemingly Nothing).
    — Peter White, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Every Boxer's Girlfriend From Every Movie About Boxing Ever; teen film critic Bailey Gismert; Goop employee Baskin Johns; and a character known as Your Co-worker Who Is Extremely Busy Doing Seemingly Nothing.
    — Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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