How to Use floor leader in a Sentence

floor leader

noun
  • Phipps is a dazzling floor leader who now becomes the full-time lead guard.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2021
  • Produced when needed, as floor leader on offense and pest on defense.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
  • So now might be a good time for Toronto to take a look at a potential floor leader for the future.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Radtke, a floor leader in the meat-cutting department, is scheduled to be released next month.
    — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Jalen Brunson, the team’s floor leader, has talked about being part of the high point and low point of the program the last two years.
    — Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Reynolds’ point guard is the floor leader and good ballhandler who has a high basketball IQ.
    — oregonlive, 21 May 2021
  • White said of the Gators’ floor leader, who averaged 11 points and six assists last season.
    — Matt Murschel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 July 2018
  • Korba, a 5-foot-9 senior setter, might be the best floor leader Lill has had.
    — Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2021
  • As a floor leader, the obvious answer would be playmaking, but that's almost a given.
    — Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Manweller later stepped down from his position as assistant floor leader in the House.
    — Joseph O’Sullivan, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2018
  • Hurley says his floor leader wasn't quite as engaged as is usually the case, despite scoring 15 points.
    — Michelle Gardner, azcentral, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Joseph, the floor leader of the second unit, played just six minutes against Sacramento on Monday.
    — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Orlando has not been a free-agent destination for years, and the team has a clear need for a front-line floor leader and penetrator.
    — Marc Stein, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Rose, Knight run the point With Jackson gone, several players could take turns as the floor leader.
    — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Broome sat out last season as a transfer but is projected to be the floor leader this year for UC, ranked No.
    — Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • But the Gophers led 41-37 at halftime after the late surge sparked by their captain and floor leader.
    — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The Bulls, in desperate need of a point guard and falling fast in the Eastern Conference, need a floor leader.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The 6’6 floor leader won Rookie Of the Year and projects as the team’s primary star moving forward.
    — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
  • And the Celtics needed a definitive floor leader, especially late in Games 1 and 2 against the Heat.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • The Clippers found their floor leader in Jackson and Rondo played just six of the 12 games in the conference semifinals and finals.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2021
  • The floor leader for Dallas’ only championship in 2011 is replacing his coach from that team, Rick Carlisle.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2021
  • The floor leader for Dallas' only championship in 2011 is replacing his coach from that team, Rick Carlisle.
    — Chron, 28 June 2021
  • Thomas is atypical in another regard as the floor leader, given his naturally quiet, self-effacing manner.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Alabama's floor leader struggled to shake off the rust in his return to the lineup earlier this week, going 2-for-13 from the floor in the Ole Miss loss.
    — AL.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Alice Weidel, a co-chair of the AfD and the party’s floor leader in the federal parliament, said the probe was designed to harm the party ahead of the national election.
    — Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2021
  • But the presence of Suggs and Jones and the ballhandling roles for Banchero and Wagner have hindered Black’s development as a floor leader.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Villegas, once Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s floor leader, is one of Johnson’s most outspoken moderate critics.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This is a case of the Heat, with Dragic, casting a true floor leader at the position for the first time since Hardaway was hoisting 3-pointers in critical playoff moments against the Knicks.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
  • That when the intensity ratcheted up, and the defense began collapsing in on Detroit’s All-NBA floor leader, there wouldn’t be enough capable scoring options around him.
    — John Niyo, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Garland’s uncertain availability, and the Cavaliers’ need to get star Donovan Mitchell more scoring help, motivated Cleveland to swap their young floor leader for Harden, who is 10 years older.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026

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