How to Use preseason in a Sentence

preseason

noun
  • The fall from that preseason hype has been steep — and swift.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • That preseason helped us a lot.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Here’s a preseason all-star team.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The preseason was a mixed bag – a loss against Div.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Both played in one preseason game for the Sharks.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Tokyo has staged preseason games.
    — Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In turn, all of its preseason goals are within reach.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Here’s a rundown of what to know from day two of the third preseason test.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • But this has nothing to do with preseason.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Here is the three-game slate of preseason games and how to watch and listen to each one.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
  • Teams don’t come back from awful preseasons like this one, let alone in a cost-cap era.
    — The Athletic, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The Nuggets were about to fly to Phoenix for a preseason game.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2024
  • This is the preseason, so to get him out there and to get him those types of reps is more what that’s about.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • That all changed after one preseason game.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
  • This carried on through training camp and the preseason with no end in sight.
    — Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Coker needs to thrive on special teams in the preseason to stick around.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 16 May 2024
  • Both were part of the first leg of the preseason as trialists.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Both would be wise to avoid trying to make any tackles in the preseason, though.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The Valkyries are the only team in the league to have just one preseason game.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Then the player in front of him missed a preseason scrimmage due to strep throat.
    — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • But Ware’s play has been far from perfect this preseason.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The team has not slipped out of the Top 25 since that preseason poll.
    — Kathy Laughlin, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The preseason polls were packed with familiar names at the top.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2024
  • My preseason prediction of nine wins feels very much in play.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That’s been the book on Nix so far through training camp and the preseason.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Consider this a good start to the preseason for him.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Single-game tickets for the preseason are on sale now.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2026
  • The 25-year-old has been using the preseason to ease her way back.
    — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
  • That means preseason is nearly here.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This would be preseason Game 2.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025

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