How to Use punt in a Sentence

punt

1 of 2 verb
  • That’s the time to just punt it.
    — Idaho Statesman, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The Chiefs were forced to punt again.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The 49ers were forced to punt five times.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Cougars were forced to punt on fourth down.
    — Hannah Cordova, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But the team punted on back-to-back drives.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But the Mets aren’t ready to punt on this season.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
  • The Chiefs didn’t punt until garbage time.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Guyer had -3 yards on the next drive and was forced to punt.
    — Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Thomas Morstead has not punted in the past two games.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The 49ers didn’t punt for a second straight game.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Raiders punt to Denver's 2-yard line.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Green punted six times in the first half and once more in the second half.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Chargers punt into the end zone.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The offense is off and humming, and has yet to punt the ball through two games.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Browning punted five times in the first half against the Rams.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Then the Chiefs got just one first down before punting.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There was a lot of punting practice going on.
    — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The Giants did wind up punting.
    — Mike Jones, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The Longhorns punted on each of their final four drives of the first half.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Four plays later, the Colts punted.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Ohio State punted on its next drive and then turned the ball over on its final drive.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Two plays later, Louisville punted again.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Los Angeles had to punt on their first drive of the second half.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The Indians were unable to move the ball and had to punt.
    — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
  • They were forced to punt, however, with just more than 4 minutes left.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Texans punt for the first time … but the ball is downed on the SF 1.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Reid chose to punt and that forced the Bengals to start their last drive deep in their own end of the field.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Will the council send those ideas to voters or punt them for another two years?
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
  • The Rams punted after three plays on their initial drive.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Jays aren’t punting the final weeks of the season.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025

punt

2 of 2 noun
  • The punt goes through the end zone.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Smith caught a punt too and lost 6 yards.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Their punt goes into the end zone.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The defense woke up and forced a punt.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Their next six drives ended in punts.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The punt return unit has been a sore spot.
    — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Their defense had forced their sixth straight punt.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The only thing that could stop it was a great punt.
    — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Five punts and a turnover on downs, coming on the fake punt.
    — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The Irish snapped off that fake punt for 40 yards.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Abdul Carter blocked a punt in his first game.
    — Howard Megdal, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The punt return was for 50 yards.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Crawshaw punts ball of his shin for 36 yards.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Why are up men never used on punt returns?
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Houston fair caught the punt at their own 25.
    — CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Davis had a 33-yard punt return of his own.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The teams combined for 15 punts.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Bengals' have false start then a 24-yard punt.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Blocked a punt last year and returned it for a touchdown.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
  • And the next step was fielding those punts cleanly.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
  • His work on kickoffs and punts led to mixed results.
    — Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
  • Both teams would trade punts for the next three possessions.
    — Erik Anderson, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Lewis entered, and his two drives ended in punts.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Smith showed promise on punt returns late.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • And then in the second half, the defense forced four punts in a row.
    — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The defense made its first stops of the season, forced its first punts.
    — Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Even that wasn’t enough when Mims coughed up the fourth-quarter punt.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Nguyen Very un-Crawshaw on that punt.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Indiana blocked the punt and scored.
    — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • No one else in the nation has more than one punt of 67 or more yards.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025

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