How to Use dink in a Sentence

dink

noun
  • Knowing their dink would be praised.
    — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The rope goes in front of that goes between their dink and their nuts.
    — Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
  • One of the game’s biggest weapons is a soft knuckler that barely clears the net and is known as the dink.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • This season, that’s meant even fewer explosive plays and far more dink-and-dunk.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Forty-five degree angle with your bayonet, go through the soil, find, find, find, dink dink.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • But this year the offense became a dink and dunk unit, getting the ball out the quarterback’s hand quickly.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Here’s hoping your week is almost as satisfying as a winning dink.
    — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Then their defense couldn’t stand up to Minnesota’s dink-and-dunk attack on the final drive.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Agassi received nearly every service return and the bulk of the dinks & volleys at the net.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • No commitment or consistency in the run game, a lot of dink dink passes with no real commitment to the long game.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The grip is spongy and tacky, perfect for those especially sweaty days, and the large sweet spot gives you more confidence to hit power shots or short dinks.
    — Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
  • The pair held firm though, got the serve back unscathed, and then Bright netted a pressed backhand dink for the 12-10 game five win.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Hell, as the Dolphins lived it, was also schemed with dink-and-dunk passes, non-stop and ineffective, until the day is lost.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Can the Dolphins survive with a quarterback executing a dink-and-dunk offense for the next decade?
    — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Off that, Rodgers has been deadly on play-action passes and dink-and-dunk throws to move the chains … while still possessing the rocket to sting with deep strikes.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Paradiso’s appeal for the dink-and-dunk style passing attack, instead of the deep ball, helped his quarterbacks blossom with accuracy.
    — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Despite kids pushing adults to flock to the suburbs, current DINKs still may have children in the future.
    — Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The Belgian also beat his direct opponent before sliding through Haaland, who beat the offside trap but saw his dink saved.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Duran’s dink — a goal endlessly replayed and with the Titanic soundtrack over the top — imprinted into minds.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • The problem with inconsistent dink-and-dunk football is too much can go wrong, drives breakdown, and that's what losing is all about in the NFL.
    — Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The best approach — and the one most defenses have taken against Kedon Slovis — is to play zone coverage and dare him to take more than the easy dink-and-dunk passes.
    — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2020
  • The Colts were in the high red zone, trying to score, but the dink-and-dunk offense QB Daniel Jones was commanding wasn’t fruitful.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Waters, playing the left, frequently attacked cross-court dinks with a two-handed drive that (as the announcers said) only Waters has the skill to hit in the women’s game.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Woodbridge nickle-and-dimed its way to a 22-20 advantage, but Barkett had a dink, then an ace, and Woodbridge returned long.
    — Martin Henderson, Orange County Register, 15 Mar. 2025
  • At age 69, Lynn Ianni is a pickleball whiz, zipping from dinks to drives energetically.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Hayden Patriquin at times is a literal sorcerer on the court, hitting impossible half volleys and dinks from angles that are unhittable.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Stat-heavy sites crunched the numbers and discovered that there were far fewer attacks off the dink in NYC, and the reason attributed was a far less bouncy surface.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • These dead spots led to more than a few unforced errors during dink battles, and an uncharacteristic number of service return errors by pros who almost never miss their 2nd shots.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • After pitching to a full count, Canalichio gave up a two-run RBI dink of a single to shortstop Boston Kellner.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The first was a clever dink over Dean Henderson, the second was struck cleanly across the goalkeeper, and Jesus then sent him the wrong way after running half the length of the pitch for the third.
    — Art De Roché, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024

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