How to Use sprint in a Sentence

sprint

1 of 2 verb
  • The bicycle racers sprinted for the finish line.
  • Bears can sprint up to 35 miles per hour.
    — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • Why can cheetahs sprint so fast?
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Perez tagged up and sprinted home.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 May 2026
  • There are times to sprint and times to pace yourself.
    — Andrew Filev, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The crowd crouched – then sprinted away from the canopy.
    — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Stomp, splash, and sprint away in these ultra-durable snow boots.
    — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 18 Jan. 2023
  • This is also the lane that the mayor could sprint to.
    — Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • There may be no sport older than sprinting.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • Scott came up with a crucial steal, then sprinted up the court.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Young sprinted home and scored with a headfirst slide.
    — ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • Roupp, sprinting over from the mound, picked up the ball and tagged first for the out.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Release the button once you're charged to sprint ahead.
    — NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Kidd sprinted from the bench to join in the team-wide dogpile, too.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Don't sprint out towards the corner flags.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
  • And that paved the way for Perez to sprint home with an instant to spare.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 May 2026
  • The star had opened the door of a room before the pooches came sprinting out in a pack.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The ability to sprint out to big leads before putting teams away.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
  • With the ball airborne, Baird began to sprint.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The ones who sprint into space instead of standing still.
    — Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Villa were running less, sprinting less and did not score in the first month.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The suspect sprinted out of the store right after.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Nobody sprinted to the outside to stretch the play.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • One of them, a cross-country runner, sprinted for help.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Meidroth, who was on his way to third with the walk, decided to sprint home.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Newsome’s job was to sprint out of his stance and throw a lead block for Smith in the open field.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Thanks to that, the two-seater can sprint hit 62 mph in under three seconds.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Trammell, despite the late break, sprinted for a triple.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Muniz even sprinted over to him to deliver a pat on the back.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The team sprinted onto the pitch as a pinnie was hurled into the air.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025

sprint

2 of 2 noun
  • He made a sprint for the finish line.
  • Let’s get ready for the sprint.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The camel does not win the sprint.
    — Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Could there be a sprint to save it?
    — Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Our thoughts sprint, but the world is a marathon.
    — Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But this is not a marathon, this was a sprint.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Run 90-day prove-and-scale sprints.
    — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The race hasn’t quite been an Olympic sprint.
    — Tom Bogert, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Winners race for the sprint points, five laps.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 3 May 2026
  • This last part has been a sprint from a standstill.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • His sprint speed is slightly down, too.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The timeline is hours, not sprints.
    — Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Harris prefers the longer of the two sprint races.
    — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • Share your coaching sprint process.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Think of this as a water marathon, not a sprint.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Careers are marathons, not sprints.
    — Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • James too knows that the journey ahead is a marathon, not a sprint.
    — Lola Ogunnaike, Town & Country, 26 Oct. 2022
  • This whole journey in this space has been a marathon, not a sprint.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There is its wide range of sprints, distances races, jumps and throws.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The Bulls are about to enter this dead sprint.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There was no plan to decide the race in the final sprint.
    — ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • His land speed is a consistent half sprint.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Guy is insane in three-on-threes and doing sprints.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Promising him a chance to Stroll, sprint, and trot on a star.
    — Ishmael Reed, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • While her feet stopped after the cross-field run to the set, the sprint was still on.
    — Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The sprint triple crown is, namely so, the jewel of track and field.
    — Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There are sprints, passing drills… a few lengths of backstroke.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Each sprint race takes about two and a half to three minutes to complete.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
  • And remember, good health in the long term is a marathon, not a sprint.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Claiborne lived near the school and ran sprints alone at night under the lights.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 May 2026

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