How to Use bye in a Sentence

bye

1 of 2 noun
  • She got a bye into the second round of the tennis tournament.
  • In their way for the first-round bye?
    — Patrick Sung, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Their first of two bye weeks has come and gone.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Even the teams with byes face four games to win it all.
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • There are also two teams on a bye.
    — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • As for those byes the last three seasons?
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The races for the byes are too close to predict.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 22 June 2026
  • San Diego State comes off a bye week.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The first and second-place teams get first-round byes.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The Toreros are coming off a bye.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mater Dei Catholic has a bye in the first round.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
  • Our goal is to win the division and get a bye.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Not showing up out of the bye week runs contrary to that.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This is an eight-team division with no byes.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Reid is 22-4 after a bye week as a head coach.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The Golden Knights had a bye week last week.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Say buh-bye to lukewarm coffee.
    — Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The byes are here, too — four teams are taking Week 5 off.
    — Gary Davenport, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • North Side will look to rebound after a bye week.
    — Raul Avila, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Say ‘bye’ to that old, bulky toolkit and ‘hello’ to this sleek son of a gun.
    — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The Falcons played their opener two weeks ago and then had a bye.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That Bears mark was weighing, coming off a bye.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
  • The top two teams have a bye until the semifinals.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The loser is expected to still earn a bye.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The top four seeds will get a first round bye, which saves them from having to play four games in as many days.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Their best shot was earning the top seed and a bye, giving them one less game with none on the road.
    — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Last year, all four teams with byes in the first round lost in the quarterfinal round.
    — Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But a top-two seed (and first-round bye) is still on the table for Detroit.
    — Christian Romo, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And our first goal is to win the division and be in position to have a bye.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • While the Tigers were on a bye, a slew of teams ahead of them stumbled over the weekend.
    — Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025

bye

2 of 2 interjection
  • Again, that's one of the good things of the bye week.
    — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The bye week comes like a mercy.
    — D’joumbarey Moreau, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There should be a bye in front of it and behind it.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Both teams have a bye next week before league play starts.
    — Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The goal should be to get to their bye week with a winning record.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • The Spartans have a bye next week.
    — Aaron Johnson, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • West Virginia had a bye last week.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The Highlanders take their bye week next week.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Next will be Penn State, then the first bye week.
    — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The Spartans had a first-round bye.
    — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • With that being said, there are fans who want to see change over the bye week.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Tigers face a tall task coming off their bye week.
    — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Things flipped over the eight games following the bye.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Reduce scheduled bye weeks from two to one.
    — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
  • The Tigers are on pace to earn a first-round bye in the playoffs.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Start with the ones in the best position to land a first-round bye.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 22 June 2026
  • The Stallions take their bye week this coming week.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Syracuse had a bye last week.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The Seahawks, as the top-seeded team, had a first-round bye.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Kansas City is on a bye in Week 10.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • All three are expected back after the bye week.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The Cowboys are 3-5-1 and have a bye this week.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • After that, the team will enter its Week 8 bye.
    — Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Some of his players did not return from the bye week in time for the team's first practice.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Perplexed by how to navigate bye weeks?
    — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Sirianni said the coaches will treat it as a mini-bye week.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Next on my schedule evaluation is where does the bye week fall?
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
  • The Steelers entered the bye week with a feel-good win in Dublin.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • One thing that bodes well for TCU was the timing of the bye week.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Minter has gotten more aggressive in his play calling since the bye week.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026

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