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
  • The odds always favor the team with the cool hand in the crease.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
  • The femoral artery in the groin, just above the crease where the thigh meets the abdomen.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • The femoral artery in the groin, just above the crease where the thigh meets the abdomen.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
  • The femoral artery in the groin, just above the crease where the thigh meets the abdomen.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 20 June 2025
  • Staal’s two goals both came inches outside the top of the crease.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • Staal’s two goals both came inches outside the top of the crease.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • In a mad scramble in the front, the puck was sitting in the crease.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Place the band in the crease of your buttocks where your hamstring meets your glutes.
    — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Create a smokey eye with neutral shades like olive, taupe, or brown in the crease.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
  • That being said, both teams have been shaky in the crease for most of this season.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • For the most contrast, try the dark brown in the crease and a wash of ivory below it.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 10 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Elias Lindholm, who was set up in front of the crease, was awarded the goal.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • But the shot floated through the crease along the goal line, and Hingham held on.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Nguyen has a tap from the crease on the rebound of a Chyzowski shot.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Shesterkin came out of the goalie crease, made a save, got back into the crease, and made another.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024
  • 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
  • Though Hull had a skate in the crease, which tended to get goals called back in those days, the goal stood.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
  • 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
  • Last, the crease in the middle of the inner screen is less noticeable than the one from last year.
    — PCMAG, 3 Sep. 2024
  • 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

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