How to Use karate in a Sentence

karate

noun
  • Why are leprechauns so good at karate?
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Some of his karate students are now his customers.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Part of that suit is a black belt, which Santa earned in karate.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Part of that suit is a black belt, which Santa earned in karate.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Weathers had a black belt in Shotokan karate and became an avid golfer.
    — Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Basketball, Roblox and karate tied for third with two votes apiece.
    — Christina Barron, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2019
  • Lots of football, cricket, karate.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • So do the gyrations, the karate poses, etc.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025
  • In one snap, Luna posed in a fighting stance with a karate belt wrapped around her waist.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Scott will be the karate team’s captain and compete in the under-75 kg weight class.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 15 July 2021
  • One example for me was my goal to become a blackbelt in karate.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Now the Valley is home to an all-out struggle between karate gangs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2021
  • All four children would take karate lessons from Chuck Norris.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026
  • If that’s not your thing, maybe try the one about a girl using karate to defend a city from pink robots.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 20 May 2025
  • Rex Tullis holds a black belt in karate and is a friend of the Liu family.
    — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2022
  • The boys played the drums and guitar, took karate and Muay Thai classes.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The victim told officers that a man had hit him on the head with a wooden karate sword and fled.
    — Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2021
  • It is filled with dojos (places to practice karate), many of which are open to visitors.
    — Cassie Shortsleeve, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2020
  • After getting a karate fix, here are 10 other hit shows based on movies to check out.
    — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Need a karate kick goal in the playoffs to help knock off LAFC?
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 July 2021
  • Tabaee still operates the shop every day and teaches private karate lessons on the side.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Some of the sports added for the Tokyo Games – baseball/softball and karate – are gone for now.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Then a martial arts center moved in and taught karate lessons for a while in the 1990s.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
  • McGruder is a martial artist and got her black belt in karate 25 years ago.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The Valley is still the Valley, where rock rules and karate is as bitchin’ as ever.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2021
  • As always, the parking was out of control at the karate school, which is in a strip mall shared by about a dozen other shops.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In the fourth, with little left to watch on the floor, Curry practiced karate moves on the sideline.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2021
  • As any fan of karate in the Valley knows, Cobra Kai never dies.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 Jan. 2022
  • My favorite is the karate chop to the neck by skinny guys like Martin Landau.
    — Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The 1984 film told the story of a teen who learns about self-confidence through the study of karate.
    — Anthony McCartney, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017

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