How to Use racing in a Sentence

racing

noun
  • That was some hard racing out there.
    — John Sturbin, Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Even in ski racing, where there are none.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Horse racing doesn’t have that.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
  • The street racing, the takeovers.
    — Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Even in the bizarro world of meat racing, there are still rules to abide by.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The heavy snow led to a tricky morning of racing.
    — ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Then, the video cuts to a shot of Goodyear racing tires.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Okay, that’s enough of the racing metaphor, don’t want to beat a dead horse.
    — Josh Brown and Sean Russo, CNBC, 4 May 2026
  • There’s more to Olympic ski racing than meets the eye.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Perhaps the cutest of them all is wiener dog racing.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
  • No street racing arrests have been made so far this year.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Don't miss out on the world's best racing action.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • This track just creates such good racing.
    — John Sturbin, Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • But this weekend wasn't about the racing.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
  • And this is a fine line that every open-world racing game has to walk.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Our racing needs to take place between the white lines, not off the track.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 24 Nov. 2024
  • His mind kept racing -- grandiose visions about what’s ahead.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2022
  • For a race car theme, have kids draw wheels and racing stripes on the boxes.
    — Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Wind fills the sailcloth of their racing boat, which leaves spray in its wake.
    — James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
  • And yet, as drivers across the garage have said, the racing must go on.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2026
  • Her son, who doesn’t live at home, asked for his diplomas and signed racing gloves.
    — Marianne Eloise, Architectural Digest, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Soon, though, he was lured away to a racing career that took him all over the world.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Doohan is yet to firm up any racing plans for 2026.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Del Mar’s horse racing season was in full swing.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The city had been dealing with drag racing and stunt driving.
    — Mike Baker, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • But there has never been a whole weekend of split-fleet racing.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • The event was a huge success not just for the racing, but for the optics.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • Chasing horse racing success does not make for an easy life.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
  • Some of her nine siblings are involved with horse racing, too.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
  • But with the loss of his legs, Leykin gained a new passion for racing.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2022

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