How to Use broomstick in a Sentence

broomstick

noun
  • No broomsticks, no pointy hats, no wands.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Find a broomstick or a toy sword or whatever and use it as a golf club.
    — Woman's Day, 16 May 2014
  • Just imagine a rod or a broomstick running across that plane.
    — Lydia Lohrer, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Arnold was standing in front of the bus holding a broomstick, deputies said.
    — Caroline Silva, ajc, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Hold a resistance band, belt or even a broomstick straight in front of the chest.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022
  • But Quick grabbed a broomstick and ran to strike Beierle again.
    — Steve Hendrix, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2019
  • The 262-piece set includes a house cup and broomsticks.
    — Brittany Anas, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Suspend the funnel from a broomstick or dowel (or just hold it).
    — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Once done, complete the ensemble with a black dress, a crooked broomstick and a black hat and boots.
    — Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Fashion a witch hat using felt and hot glue, and craft a broomstick by tying twigs and straw to a stick with twine.
    — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 1 Aug. 2018
  • Another had his pants and underwear pulled down and was poked with the broomstick.
    — Dan Morse, baltimoresun.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Grab your broomsticks, um, paddles, witches!
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Now all that's left to do is grab your ghosts and ghouls, hop on your broomstick and have a fa-boo-lous Halloween!
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Using a shovel, branch, or broomstick handle, trace the perimeter of the fort in the snow.
    — Sally Walker Davies, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2014
  • Suddenly, a clump of trees looked like a witch on a broomstick or a Sasquatch in the distance.
    — Mary Beth Skylis, Outside Online, 15 June 2019
  • The video shows a lone, overweight teenager fighting a mock battle with a broomstick lightsaber.
    — Leander Kahney, WIRED, 19 May 2003
  • Curlers wear blousey sweatshirts and ugly slacks and their sporting equipment is a damn broomstick.
    — Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Three of those broomsticks have come out at home, all against National League teams.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
  • What did not sound good to me was the thump of Tom’s broomstick under my bed at 5 the next morning.
    — Norman Strung, Field & Stream, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Their little one dressed as a witch, wearing a long, black dress, green face paint and carrying a broomstick.
    — Hannah Sacks, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • It's filled with witchy icons that every spell-caster has to have in their home—broomsticks, spell books, potions, and more.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2026
  • Chapita is a type of baseball game played with soda caps instead of balls and with a broomstick serving as a bat.
    — Jay Weaver and Antonio Maria Delgado, miamiherald, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Later, as the witch, Racette flew around on her broomstick, wearing a frilly pink dress and a bright yellow wig.
    — Dallas News, 29 Oct. 2022
  • After being struck by the broomstick, police said, the female victim was then punched on her face and neck.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 5 July 2017
  • The first-place Denver Nuggets are about as frightening as an old broomstick.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2023
  • In the first film released last year, the broomstick becomes a character itself.
    — Time, 21 Nov. 2025
  • My first order of business was extracting the broomstick from my behind and just going with the flow.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The broomstick was created with the help of Amor, and the bride and groom hope to pass it down to her for her own special day.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
  • This year, the Cromwell family will mount their broomsticks and make the trek out to Oregon for the event.
    — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Witches' Broomsticks These witches' broomsticks will cast a spell over you.
    — Spoon U, Teen Vogue, 14 Oct. 2017

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