How to Use slalom in a Sentence

slalom

1 of 2 noun
  • To her, slalom skiing is about the turns.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • There are neat little flicks, slalom runs, full-body feints, through balls.
    — New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • Folks tuning in to her slalom event were just as shocked by the turn of events.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Shiffrin had seemed like a lock for some kind of medal in the giant slalom or slalom.
    — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The combined adds the times from one downhill run and one slalom run.
    — Bernie Wilson, Chron, 10 Feb. 2022
  • That was another one on slalom day.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This was a slalom course that her friend couldn’t navigate.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Shiffrin has so far accrued all her points in slalom and giant slalom.
    — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • She’s locked in this season in the slalom, winning six races.
    — Pat Graham, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The stands are packed and the crowd is psyched as the slalom gets underway here.
    — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Shiffrin will race the combined, which is one run of downhill and one run of slalom.
    — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Mikaela Shiffrin stormed to gold in the slalom, ending her eight-year medal drought.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There could be a big moment or no moment in the women’s slalom.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • In slalom and giant slalom, skiers race through a course of gates making quick turns on the snow.
    — Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The shifting lanes that turn the highway into a slalom course.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In the combined, skiers have to perform in the slalom and downhill.
    — Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • But of course that translates into border cross and in bank slalom.
    — Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Kristoffersen has 19 slalom wins and now five in giant slalom.
    — Andrew Dampf, ajc, 19 Dec. 2021
  • But slalom, the final Alpine event of the Games, is her best event.
    — The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Shiffrin failed to finish her first run in each of her first two races — the giant slalom and slalom.
    — Noah Trister, ajc, 9 Feb. 2022
  • This could be the day, however, with the women's slalom on tap.
    — USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The two events are banked slalom and snowboard cross and will take place in Cortina.
    — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Her last chance to medal in Italy came today in the slalom, her strongest event.
    — The Sports Desk, NBC news, 18 Feb. 2026
  • In this event, snowboarders race one-on-one to get to the bottom of the slalom course.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Shiffrin has already clinched the season slalom title.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • There would be three slalom runs at the Olympics, one in the team combined, and two in the slalom event.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Shiffrin won back-to-back slalom races, the 75th and 76th wins of her career.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Her win rate in slalom is 71 for 126, or better than one out of two.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Mikaela Shiffrin becomes the youngest Olympic slalom gold medalist.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • This event combines the speed of downhill and the discipline of slalom.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026

slalom

2 of 2 verb
  • Certainly, even a first-year space law student could slalom through those rules.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 19 June 2018
  • Never has a truck been so able to slalom, squeeze past and wedge in and out of traffic as this as squirt.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • By racing, of course, Mitchell meant down a driveway that slalomed through trees.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2026
  • That made Wednesday’s slalom her final chance to reach the podium.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Previously, this event would see one skier take on runs in both downhill and slalom.
    — Isabel Yip, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Jimmy Butler slalomed into the lane for crafty layups on a tender ankle.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Competitors then take the skins off their skis before slaloming down the descent to the finish line.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
  • In his lifetime, Smith, 72, has seen the sport grow in form and style, from races to pools to freestyle to street to slalom.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Similar to slalom on skis, two snowboarders race downhill side-by-side weaving back and forth past gates or flags.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • On weekends, many young men drive their cars out to the desert to go off-roading, slaloming down the sides of sand dunes as spectators watch.
    — Wired, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Pinto successfully got a poke in to disrupt the slaloming run from Mukhtar.
    — The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Moltzan figured Shiffrin would slalom down the course and win the combined, for her and Johnson, by at least a second.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Luis Suarez slalomed his way down the left-hand side and swung in a delightful cross to the back post for Coutinho to finish on the slide.
    — SI.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Henrique then scored late in the second after taking the puck from Tomas Hertl and slaloming to the crease to roof a backhand.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2019
  • The midfielder is most well known for his slaloming runs through midfield but these loans have sought to expose him to the physical aspects of senior football.
    — Art De Roché, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • Schleicher could interview the younger sisters of her classmates, slaloming the role model angle.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Rafael Leão slalomed past several defenders to pull one back in style for Milan’s only real highlight.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
  • With under a minute to go, Guiney took the ball inside her own 3-point arc, dribbled across half-court, went behind the back and slalomed her way to the basket for a layup.
    — The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Anti-scooter activists tend to paint scooter riders as kamikaze daredevils, slaloming through cars and pedestrians.
    — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 6 June 2018
  • Finally, also slalom among trees, poles, or other similar obstacles.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2016
  • Since then, as new facts have emerged, Turner has been left to slalom along, haplessly revising and extending his previous remarks.
    — Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Today, roughly 3 million people pass through it each year, slaloming down Highway 1 on one of the county’s most iconic lengths of road.
    — Sarah Feldberg, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017
  • For 66 years now, the space agency has achieved sublime things—robots on Mars, boots on the moon, spacecraft slaloming through the rings and moons of the outer planets.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 July 2024
  • Never has a truck been so able to slalom, squeeze past and wedge in and out of traffic as this as squirt, but the Maverick’s smallness is an asset, not a liability.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The tune moves through peaks and valleys, with swirling drones smacking into tricky tempos, slaloming riffs, and slinking trombone, and then dissolves into a mass of electronic static.
    — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 20 July 2017
  • Parallel giant slalom requires speed and precision as riders race side-by-side downhill, slaloming around the gates on two separate quasi-identical courses.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That’s not entirely uncommon in college golf, but the programs at TCU had a few more logistical challenges to slalom than the norm.
    — Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2025
  • Emmanuel Sabbi slalomed past two SDFC defenders, creating stress that led to an own goal.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
  • And what’s become of the old roundup is a big daily dose of rodeo—saddle and bareback bronc riding, steer wrestling, bull riding and tie-down roping, plus cowgirls and cowboys slaloming through barrels on fast horses.
    — Rob Fleder, Newsweek, 17 May 2017
  • Its highlight is an enormous parade of skiers and boarders decked out in Pride flags and costumes, slaloming down the mountain, and then marching through Whistler Village.
    — Miles Griffis, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019

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