How to Use letterman in a Sentence

letterman

noun
  • The twins matched in stylish letterman jackets.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
  • There were clear rain ponchos worn over the letterman jackets in the show.
    — Vogue Runway, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Smith was a four-year letterman and three-year starter for the Pirates.
    — Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 1 May 2021
  • The three-year letterman was happy to have his cleats touching the grass field again.
    — Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Kelce wore a letterman’s jacket and T-shirt, with jeans and work boots.
    — Dan Shanoff, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Thomas, a two-year letterman, is a punt and extra-point long snapper.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 July 2022
  • All that will be missing will be my dad, who passed away a few years ago, and his letterman's jacket.
    — Mike Organ, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And her styling of course included the letterman jacket and cuffed jeans.
    — Lauren Adhav, Cosmopolitan, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Shayla wore shades and a letterman’s jacket and was all dolled up as a celebrant should be.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 June 2023
  • My father was a superb athlete and had been an 11-time letterman in high school.
    — WSJ, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Smith was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at East Carolina.
    — Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 2 May 2021
  • Bold flower prints, jaunty sailor hats, and a louche suiting mix with chunky boots and letterman jackets.
    — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The agent kept his look casual in a white, red, and black letterman jacket over a black turtleneck shirt and light-wash jeans.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Feb. 2022
  • One by one, the players walked to the 10-yard line to be draped in a Wyoming letterman jacket.
    — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Boyd is athletic and possesses a strong arm, while Cope is a four-year letterman.
    — oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2021
  • How many coaches can rock a Louis Vuitton letterman jacket on the bench?
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2022
  • In high school, Kremer was a four-year letterman and starter in football and basketball.
    — John Maffei, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Walsh was a four-year letterman at Aquinas College in his home state of Michigan.
    — Brad Joyal, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The four-year letterman may eventually move across the diamond to first base at the next level.
    — Scott Boeck, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
  • This year’s team has a strong foundation with our returning lettermen and a good pool of young talent that will help the program.
    — Matthew Glenesk, Indianapolis Star, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Lopez was an All-Pac-10 defensive back and a four-year letterman.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Jim Gruver Gruver was a four-year letterman in track and field and played one year of football and two of basketball.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Six years later, Julius Whittier became the first black letterman on the football team.
    — Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Ron wore his 1961 blue-and-white Pine Village letterman’s jacket.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The Westfield High School graduate was a two-year letterman at Wabash.
    — Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2020
  • The clip starts out with Natalia donning a USC letterman jacket and doing a sassy hair flip.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The Panthers have 17 lettermen back this season that includes eight offensive starters and four on the defensive side of the ball.
    — Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, 20 July 2019
  • As a senior in 1972, the three-year letterman was named team captain and made All-American.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Wearing a letterman’s jacket, Travis stopped to collect his emotions several times throughout a 7-minute speech.
    — Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
  • His father was a three-year letterman for the Central Michigan football team in the mid-1990s.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 4 Feb. 2022

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