How to Use touch football in a Sentence

touch football

noun
  • This setting is made for players who are fast, much like touch football.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 20 June 2021
  • Offer to take the kids out for a walk in the woods or for a game of touch football in the yard.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 28 Nov. 2019
  • And by no means engage in any Wiffle ball or touch football with them.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Taylor would play touch football there with her brother and all the other guys.
    — April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Get outside in the fresh air to walk off a large feast or organize a game of touch football.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Thompson played stoopball against the front steps and touch football in the alleys.
    — Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Some play touch football, or bring hockey gear for the occasion.
    — Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Vermont high schools will play seven-on-seven touch football this fall.
    — Alex Putterman, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • At the beginning of this episode, Nick injures his spine in a game of touch football.
    — Allison Jiang, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The actor shared a very cute video of the couple playing touch football (quite well by the way) on the beach with friends.
    — Essence, 14 Jan. 2022
  • To play touch football, kids need a football and a street or parking lot, of which there are plenty in the inner city.
    — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Mike and Phillip—the seismologist—were leading a game of touch football on the front lawn.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Like many head injuries in touch football, the contact was incidental.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Organize a family game of basketball or two-hand-touch football at the park.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Football’s Pro Bowl has become touch football played in pads, as the players who agree to show up try to avoid injury.
    — William Power, WSJ, 15 May 2022
  • Many of them played sports — everything including golf, touch football and basketball.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • We are treated to a shirtless game of touch football on the beach, which doesn’t quite match the original volleyball game for sweaty camp subtext.
    — New York Times, 26 May 2022
  • Kids were often outside on bikes and scooters and roller skates, playing tag or touch football, turning cartwheels on the lawns, being noisy.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The rock star wanted to play some touch football, so Kinzbach put together a team that the elder Hoyer played on.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Delightful one-touch football in the build up play pulled Costa Rica's defence apart.
    — SI.com, 22 June 2018
  • For years, 7-on-7 touch football has been billed as a safe way for players to stay in shape until tackle football starts up in the late summer.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2019
  • What that means for your family's annual game of touch football is open to interpretation.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Your idea of relaxation may be a game of touch football or another competitive team sport, or treating yourself to a day at the spa.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2019
  • It’s used for softball, basketball, touch football and Little League practice.
    — Washington Post, 10 June 2021
  • Why, in other words, are Republicans playing touch football while Democrats play tackle?
    — Hugh Hewitt, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Then there were the games of whiffle ball, touch football and croquet between grandfather and granddaughter, and now narrating the story of his life.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
  • Rose in the largest home, which looks the most like the one featured in Love Story, with its large, flat lawn, perfect for touch football and sprawling water views.
    — Kate Storey, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Many of us do that by watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade or tossing around the pigskin in a friendly game of touch football.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The youngsters spilled into the street on a breezy spring afternoon, a few riding their scooters and rollerblading as others played touch football, their game stopping and starting for passing cars.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Following the victory over Washington, Garrett played a game of touch football with family and friends more than two hours after the game.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2020

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