How to Use javelin in a Sentence

javelin

noun
  • Let me be run through with the wooden javelin of truth.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The javelin throw is making a comeback in high school track and field.
    — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 11 July 2022
  • Also in the field are finals in the men’s javelin and the men’s triple jump.
    — oregonlive, 21 June 2021
  • Jonah Bride threw the ball like a javelin into the home dugout.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
  • The drones are equipped with a javelin anti-tank warhead to hit armored tanks.
    — David Martin, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Hollands, a junior, won the discus throw and the javelin toss at the event.
    — oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Friday’s slate of events includes the long jump, javelin and 800.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2022
  • Three-time Olympian Kara Winger placed second in the women’s javelin.
    — oregonlive.com, 25 July 2019
  • The tricky part is fitting hammer throw, javelin and discus into the equation.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Neeraj Chopra won India’s first gold medal in Olympic track and field in the javelin.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Thursday will see the athletes compete in the long jump, javelin and 800-meter race.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Maria had told us how the cove would have filled with the canoes of the next tribe over, the warriors tattooed head to toe and carrying javelins.
    — Peter Heller, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Kara Winger is the American record-holder in the javelin throw who just wrapped up her fourth Olympics.
    — Eddie Pells, ajc, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Humans have been throwing javelins for a few hundred thousand years, yet performance has largely plateaued.
    — R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Those athletes are the two most recent Olympic javelin champions, the first men to do so from Asian countries.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In the girls’ javelin, Brooks’ Ellie Partrick won with a throw of 130-1.
    — al, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Look no further than shortstop Mookie Betts this week lauding the effects of throwing a javelin.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The flowers and ferns of the Mani hills—purple spears, white arrows, feathery javelins—slowly flatten into the horizon.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2024
  • Then in the fourth quarter, this javelin throw clinched the game for the Bearcats — Sorsby hits the slot post in stride for the 82-yard touchdown.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Trinidy Blanton won javelin to help Coquille to a 28-22 lead over Regis in the girls team race.
    — oregonlive, 19 May 2022
  • The first field events of 2026 are a series of high school girls championships, including discus throw, shot put, long jump, high jump and javelin throw.
    — Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Kneeshaw participated in the 100 meter run, javelin, discus and high jump.
    — Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • In the javelin, Winger threw 201 feet, 1 in the second round and to make her third World Championships final.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2022
  • At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the gold medal javelin throw was about 5% shy of Jan Železný’s 1996 record.
    — R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
  • In addition to the heptathlon, Feyerabend competes for the Aztecs in the open high jump and javelin, where she is ranked third in the Mountain West.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The Aggies will have Kerley, London Victor in the decathlon, the javelin and, of course, the 4x400.
    — Joe Fleming, USA TODAY, 5 June 2017
  • In the girls field events, South Hadley’s Natalie Rios threw her personal best and achieved third best javelin throw in the state at 125-04.
    — Hannah Hughes, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
  • The Tofinu took refuge in the lagoons along the Bight of Benin, a core area of the slave trade, venturing forth in canoes with harpoons, javelins, and swords to fight off raiders from powerful nearby kingdoms.
    — Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The heptathlon is a seven-event test — consisting of the high jump, 110-meter hurdles, 200-meter dash, shot put, long jump, javelin throw and 800-meter run — conducted over two days.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • About 115 student athletes participated in the hurdles, 50-meter sprints, shot put, javelin, discus, high jump, long jump and a 100-meter run — each event tailored to their abilities.
    — Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026

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