How to Use reel off in a Sentence

reel off

verb
  • The Hogs reeled off 56 first-half points and 26 came via fast breaks.
    — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The doctor reeled off the names of the drugs with a confused look in front of his wife who was next to him.
    — Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Young saw one performer reel off the names of all 50 states in under half a minute.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2022
  • The Leafs have now reeled off points in seven straight (5-0-2).
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Yes, the Dolphins did well to reel off a four-game winning streak and win five out of six games.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Hoover can reel off statistics and vividly describe events from decades ago.
    — Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
  • From the dead, Rybakina reeled off five straight games.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The reporter was sent reeling off camera as the attacker walked away from the scene.
    — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • North Central lost its first three games of the season before reeling off nine wins in a row.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2023
  • Facts about the character are reeled off by the expert ensemble.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The Giants have lost six games in a row while the Patriots have reeled off nine straight wins.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Fields has done his part for Pittsburgh so far this season, reeling off three straight wins to start the campaign.
    — Adam Renuart, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
  • In the final, Swiatek got broken to trail 2-1, but then reeled off 10 straight games.
    — Howard Fendrich, Twin Cities, 9 June 2024
  • Since then, Indiana has reeled off eight straight wins, with six of those coming by 20 points or more.
    — American-Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Soto will get back to his mean, and the Mets can put an end to the conversation by reeling off a few wins.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
  • Then Rybakina reeled off five straight games herself.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Most anglers just rinse their fly reels off with freshwater, but that water may not penetrate and flush the coils of thick line on the spool.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Dec. 2023
  • After losing the season opener to the Lions, the Chiefs reeled off six straight wins.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Chapman scored just one more basket before UCI reeled off its game-ending run.
    — Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Kane reeled off a list of Bayern's attacking faults after the Leverkusen loss.
    — James Ellingworth, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Since Gray’s return the Aces have only lost one game, including reeling off six straight wins.
    — Essence, 16 July 2024
  • Ole Miss reels off a 10-4 run to open the second half and Sean Miller takes a timeout.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Asked about her future, Kiefer reeled off her and Meinhardt's remaining events in Paris.
    — CBS News, 29 July 2024
  • The 2025 team won nine of 10 games before reeling off nine in a row during the posteason.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, the Buckeyes got new life and reeled off three decisive wins in the CFP.
    — Austin Meek, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The Bulldogs lost their season opener at Kansas, then reeled off five straight victories.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Kansas did manage to reel off an 11-0 run in that same span, but the best KU could do was pull even a couple times.
    — Lindsay Schnell, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The Canucks had reeled off a couple of massive wins to leapfrog the Calgary Flames and reclaim the final wild-card spot.
    — Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The Pats started the year 1-2 before reeling off 16 wins in their final 17 games.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Texas reels off a 7-0 run capped by a 3-pointer from Camden Heide, and this crowd gets as loud as its been all season.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 14 Jan. 2026

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