How to Use the crease in a Sentence

the crease

noun
  • The two danced into the crease.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Keller slid the puck across the crease to Schmaltz at the back door.
    — ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • If the crease is what's put you off foldables, this is the phone for you.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Place the crease in your palm directly over your left thumb.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Staal’s two goals both came inches outside the top of the crease.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • Staal’s two goals both came inches outside the top of the crease.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • In a mad scramble in the front, the puck was sitting in the crease.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That being said, both teams have been shaky in the crease for most of this season.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Suddenly, the batter new to the crease played a pull shot.
    — Mohsin Kamal, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • Tage Thompson set up Doan for a play right in front of the crease.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Faber’s shot went over the net, hit the glass above the end boards and caromed back into the crease.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The Avs center built up his usual head of steam into the crease.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
  • From his flat top, cleft chin, starched collar, and tight shirt to the crease in his trousers tucked into black boots.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
  • With the puck still loose and the goalie down, Yurov went hard to the crease and swept the loose puck over the goal line.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Doughty flung a wrist shot from the left wall that Shesterkin could not see with four bodies in front of the crease.
    — Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Cooley drove the net before sliding through the crease and hitting his leg along the left goal post.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Laying on his side in the crease, the goalie lifted his left pad to stop Dahlin’s shot from the slot.
    — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Laying on his side in the crease, the goalie lifted his left pad to stop Dahlin's shot from the slot.
    — CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Zibanejad followed the puck, which bounced off the end board, and flung it into the crease from behind the net.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But the loose puck in the crease deflected off the knee pad of a Jets defender and in.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Blend it from the outer corner of the eye up into the crease, then smooth it into the crease and along the lash lines.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
  • In Dostál, the Ducks have someone who is calm and collected in the crease.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • The East had an unusually strong season in the crease.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • Askarov sustained an injury after this collision in the crease and was forced to leave tonight's game.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The puck hopped over Oettinger into the crease, and Foligno reached over to score.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Foligno knocked the puck loose from Oettinger and then reached over with his stick to swipe in the rebound in the crease.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Knight got a piece of Quinn Hughes' shot, but the puck trickled behind him in the crease.
    — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Foligno cut it to 4-1 midway through the second, tucking in a loose puck from the crease.
    — CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • However, Samuelsson’s stick and Tarasov’s glove weren’t in the crease.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • But Larkin was at the top of the crease to deflect it past the netminder for the 1-0 lead.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026

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