How to Use five-hole in a Sentence

five-hole

noun
  • The last two days Merrill was the five-hole hitter.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Yaroslav Askarov five-hole for his 37th goal of the season.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • First, Arvidsson beat him five-hole after winning a race to a loose puck.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • There is also a five-hole golf course with a driving range, sports court, skate park and wine-and-cigar cellar.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Tippett went five-hole on John Gibson (18 saves).
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The mishit came right after a five-hole stretch over which Korda was a combined 3-under.
    — ABC News, 25 June 2026
  • Andujar had been in the two-hole for nine of the last 10 games and was the five-hole hitter on Tuesday.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • With the Kraken on the power play, Schwartz put them ahead, deflecting Montour's pass to the right doorstep through Knight's five-hole.
    — CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Thompson kept the Caps in it with a couple of good saves after that, the best being on a partial break-in by Arvidsson, whose backhander could not find its way through the five-hole.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
  • With multiple defenders draped on her hip, Rattray backhanded a puck through the five-hole to provide the Fleet with a 2-1 edge entering the third.
    — Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
  • The Hurricanes converted on an early third-period chance when Jackson Blake beat John Gibson five-hole.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • His numbers are skewed by some rocky play in front of him on his toughest nights, but he has also been beaten by some stoppable pucks, including a Tyler Bertuzzi trickler through the five-hole on Sunday.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Cora made lineup changes Monday, moving Trevor Story down to the five-hole and inserting Masataka Yoshida into the two-hole.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Coghlan’s unlikely opener Coghlan opened the scoring with the first playoff goal of his NHL career, beating Wedgewood five-hole with a snap shot from the mid slot.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Hisatsune was at 5 under after two birdies on the front nine, then electrified the rowdy crowds by going 6 under in a five-hole stretch — highlighted by his chip-in at 17 — to reach 11-under 131.
    — Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The result was Utah’s leading scorer, Clayton Keller, getting free between the circles, gathering in a pass from Guenther and slipping it through Vladar’s five-hole to increase the Mammoth’s lead to 2-0.
    — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Complicating matters even further in the short-term, Xander Bogaerts went on paternity leave on Tuesday as Will Wagner arrived from El Paso to serve as the DH and five-hole hitter.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'five-hole.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: