How to Use ninja in a Sentence

ninja

noun
  • But its eerie grin isn’t even the most unique feature of this deep sea ninja.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 26 June 2018
  • While most may just talk to their friends, the nunchi ninja takes in the entire room.
    — NBC News, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Land softly like a ninja, crouch down, swing your arms back and jump back toward the left.
    — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The go-to perks for this class are tactical mask, flak jacket and ninja.
    — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2021
  • But the little shoe-tying ninja doesn't want to take all the glory.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Woman's Day, 25 Jan. 2017
  • For the virtual ninja, fighting games are more than e-sports.
    — Chris Goto-Jones, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The tines start turning dirt, wheeling through the earth like ninja throwing stars.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 7 May 2016
  • What brand wouldn’t want a little bit of that hyper-stylish, ninja-goth magic?
    — Tyler Watamanuk, GQ, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Now, the ninja is finally back.
    — David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Pull on this sleek, compressive top and prepare to feel like a running ninja.
    — Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Silvester van der Water said his teammate looked like a ninja.
    — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2021
  • But since then, no ninja has completed the third stage, let alone the Stage 4 rock climb.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Meanwhile, Lincoln dressed as a red ninja, complete with a sword.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Time and again, evolution has equipped cat-like predators with the combined skills of the wrestler and the ninja.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2012
  • Next, a man dressed as a ninja set out to break a board with his forehead — unsuccessfully.
    — Jamie Lauren Keiles, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2016
  • Lucky's will host a bacon-cutting, which involves slicing a huge slab of bacon with a ninja knife.
    — Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 15 May 2018
  • Deep down, beneath the bluster and the burn, Hamler is a details ninja.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 June 2020
  • That edgy game followed Joe Musashi, a modern-day ninja who confronts great evil.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The large game room separates people in the restaurants from those using the rides and ninja warrior course.
    — Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2022
  • Then on Wednesday, Bryant returned to the studio for his test to become a ninja.
    — Ellen Garrison, sacbee, 11 Oct. 2017
  • He’s often likened to a ninja by the NBC broadcast booth, and for good reason.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2023
  • But the pop culturalization of the ninja has turned them into a kind of shorthand for shrewd scheming and swift moves.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 23 Feb. 2017
  • The shake was a distressing color of green reminiscent of the ooze from which four teen turtles emerged with ninja skills.
    — oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The summer program lasts seven weeks, and the meeting with the ninja warriors happened during the sixth week.
    — David Anderson, The Aegis, 1 Aug. 2017
  • The ninja-style headwear is not part of the NBA uniform and hasn’t been through the league approval process.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The story takes place 20 years beyond where the ninja turtles are in their main series, Eastman says.
    — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Some people went missing, like the parents of Arin (Deven Mack), a boy who wants to be a ninja.
    — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
  • Again in the ninth when Andres Gimenez, Cleveland’s late-inning ninja, doubled with one out.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 23 June 2022
  • There is the shine of the headlights and the sounds of a car rumbling down your street, no matter how much of a driving ninja the AI might be.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
  • In the new spinoff, Johnny Puff becomes a ninja in the company of superheroes.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 Mar. 2022

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