How to Use deke in a Sentence

deke

verb
  • Tuch raced in all alone, deked to his forehand and fired a shot low to the glove side, but Dobeš snared it.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 23 May 2026
  • For instance, Brock Faber turned the puck over before the first goal and was deked on the second goal.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The forward deked past the goaltender, backhanded the puck into the net and then slid into the boards.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Rodrigues deked Woll and snuck the puck past him for the Panthers’ third goal of the period.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
  • At times, Acuña dekes fielders at second by slowing down and then bursting to third, stretching a double into a triple.
    — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Two minutes later, Mayhew found some space, deked to his backhand, and beat Francis to increase the lead to three.
    — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
  • With only Canada goalie Jordan Binnington to beat, Haula deked him and buried the puck in the net.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
  • From a similar spot on the pitch, Poirier deked a defender and her centering pass was headed in by Aflakpi soon thereafter.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Hutson deked around a stick-less Jordan Greenway and dropped a pass to Caufield, who scored into the gaping net as the crowd erupted.
    — ABC News, 10 May 2026
  • Marner fought through the contact, hit the brakes, deked the puck around Dostál with a nifty move between his legs and potted the goal to give Vegas an early 1-0 lead.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Later in the first period, Morrissey deked past Nathan Walker and found Cole Perfetti for a scoring chance in the low slot.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Kiki Rice dribbled to the hoop, deked and then put up a shot over the Toronto Tempo practice squad, crisp ombre blue-and-burgundy nails releasing the ball into the basket.
    — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
  • With the ball in his arms and plenty of green in front of him, the sophomore sped down the KoMets’ sideline, made a move inside the Pioneer 40 to deke a final tackler and dashed across the other goal line.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The Middies responded well in the second period, carrying play at the start before Jake Haubner found some open space and deked out Louie Slesar to cut the deficit to two.
    — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Brayden McNabb flipped the puck into the air and onto Stone’s stick, who raced down alone and deked around Avalanche goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to put Vegas ahead early.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • In overtime, which is played 3-on-3 rather than 5-on-5, Keller took a long pass from Taylor Heise, deked past a Canadian defender and lifted a shot over the pads and under the blocker of goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens for the game-winner, setting off a wild celebration.
    — Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026

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