How to Use the turf in a Sentence

the turf

noun
  • Head slams right into the turf.
    — Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Both races started from the chute on the turf course.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • In some parks, even the turf is getting a makeover.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • Jones jumped on top of Rodgers, and both of them fell to the turf.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Maye hit his head hard against the turf on a 6-yard scramble.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Small, whitish or tan spots, which reach soup-can size, appear on the turf.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Their larvae live in small holes in the turf and wait for their prey to walk by.
    — Kevin Gepford, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Swift in the air and planted him into the turf for no gain.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
  • If the turf portion is more your speed, no worries.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Those take 30 staff working on the turf through the night.
    — Michael Bailey, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Kupp fell to the turf and rolled out of bounds clutching his right ankle.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Finger-tip grabs, inches from the turf.
    — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Newsome’s right cleat stuck in the turf as his knee yielded to the force.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Lock down Lamb, swat a crossing route to the turf and force a field goal.
    — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
  • And when Hill tried to get to his feet, Sneed kept him on the turf.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024
  • This keeps the crowns of the plant hydrated even though the turf won’t green up.
    — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The start of the 1½-mile race on the turf was almost at the end of the front stretch.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Nix had to throw it away and tossed his hands up after getting up from the turf.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Vertical discs about 1-inch apart groove the turf.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Players can use the turf court and glass walls to their advantage.
    — Vladimir Duthiers, CBS News, 19 June 2023
  • Send the turf into winter at the 3 to 3½ inch height.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2026
  • As Harris was bringing him down, his head slammed against the turf.
    — Sean Treppedi, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Mainly male, all transfixed by what was taking place on the turf.
    — Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Not after finding the football still rolling on the turf.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Several of the players slumped to the turf.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
  • And just a little to the left is where (the turf and gym equipment) is going to go.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2026
  • The security guard hit the turf hard, as the back of his head slammed on the ground.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Pimlico should have been left alone, the track itself and the turf course, leave it alone!
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Come for the turf war, stay for the wide open shots and pitch-perfect costume design.
    — Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
  • There is in fact a smile on every face and a winner in every race where the surf meets the turf.
    — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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