How to Use double-team in a Sentence

double-team

verb
  • Once a double-team comes, even more time goes by.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Maxey could not even pass out of the double-team.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • So perhaps more double-teams this time around?
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • He's been a beast on the football field, despite getting double-teamed in a three-man front.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • People will pick you up full court, double-team you, full-court zone to man-to-man to the last five seconds.
    — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2023
  • On his first play, Jones split a double-team and took the running back down in the backfield.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Smith plays tall and lacks the anchor and hand usage to keep from being mashed out of gaps by double-teams.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The junior guard was double-teamed, pressed and face-guarded but still found his way to the rim time and time again.
    — Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That could be making a clutch three or dropping into the middle to double-team a post.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • His coverage abilities were met by double-teams and triple-teams over that span.
    — Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • On the ground, the Pats hit their longest runs on duo, a gap scheme founded on two double-teams up front.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The best defensive players face more double-team blocks and schemes designed to stop them.
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • But when the double-team comes, Ejiofor is prepared to find an open teammate.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The increase in double-teams that Adebayo is getting near the paint didn’t lead to more three-point shots?
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Murphy is the double-team-defeating dog.
    — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • With so much spacing cleared out on one side of the court, the Magic couldn’t double-team Curry.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Garrett has five sacks this season, despite facing more chips and double-teams than any other pass rusher in the league.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Even when Betts was in the game, she was often derailed by the Tigers’ defense, which double-teamed her at times.
    — Anne M. Peterson, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The solution might be to double-team the post from the wing, leaving shooters and daring the Aztecs to fire away.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Role players started punishing the Nuggets’ double-teams at the other end.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 19 May 2024
  • Worst of all, the Patriots didn’t double-team either receiver all game.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The Nuggets are more susceptible to being punished for double-teams.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
  • Mackenzie Holmes, facing double-teams on every touch, has 6 points and 2 rebounds.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Laguna Hills defense ran a zone defense for much of the game and double-teamed the Schurr player that had the ball.
    — Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Texas forces a shot-clock violation but the Longhorns turn it over as Cunningham is double-teamed in the paint.
    — Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The Celtics trust Horford to handle some of the league’s most difficult matchups without double-teams.
    — Jay King, The Athletic, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Down one with 12 seconds to play, Towns attacked another double-team, only to be stuffed at the rim.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Griner carried a heavy load in the game and without Taurasi or Cunningham on the floor, she was double-teamed more than usual.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
  • To best corner the defendant, the plaintiffs’ lawyers were double-teaming him via dispatching not one but two licensed agents.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 May 2023
  • Reid continued on the broadcast as Adebayo fought through a full-court double-team to catch an inbounds pass seconds later.
    — Sam Amick, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026

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