How to Use tourney in a Sentence

tourney

noun
  • How does the play-in tourney work?
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The tourney starts with two first-timers, which is quite fun.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • Take a look at some of the best offers as the tourney comes to an end.
    — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Blakes might be the breakout star of this year’s tourney, too.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Heat needs to get hot as play resumes to avoid a fourth straight play-in tourney.
    — Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Some players in his age group have made impact in this tourney.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
  • This game is going to light up fighting game tourneys for years.
    — Gene Park, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Plans call for the tourney to remain in that slot on the tour schedule.
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
  • By the time the tourney started, the team had narrowed it down.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2022
  • There was hope and an assumption the tourney might get pushed back a year.
    — Randy McRoberts, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2022
  • In eighth grade, she got dropped on her hip at a tourney in Bennett.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2026
  • One doesn’t appear to be coming for the men’s hoops tourney next week.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The Seahawks won last year’s tourney, too.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Werth tried the post-career life of leisure, signing up for pro-am golf tourneys.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The episode ends with the tourney’s opening salvo.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Evans finished on a 7-2 to run to clinch its third straight state tourney berth.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The play-in tourney will take place from April 14-17.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The men’s tourney is March 10-14.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
  • From the defending champs to new challengers, the tourney has it all.
    — Eric Sondheimer columnist follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • He was hurt in practice on March 16 and didn’t play in the tourney.
    — Jim Vertuno, ajc, 25 Mar. 2022
  • If the Buckeyes stay healthy, there’s no excuse for this not to be a tourney team.
    — The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Austin Rivers is the coach for the G League group to round out the tourney.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • To see a full list of local women’s hoopers who are (or were) in the tourney, click here.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Fans are looking at a bunch of late nights if Boise State makes a run in the tourney.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Here's how those matchups could impact its conference tourney seed.
    — Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But the Coyotes had never won a tourney game before the last few days.
    — Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 21 Mar. 2022
  • This does not include the 2018 tourney.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In the tourney, Zellers had five goals and three assists in five games and made a steep climb up the depth chart.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026
  • Would Princeton making an even deeper tourney run ease some of the pain?
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
  • His younger brother is Prince Maekar, is also at the tourney.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

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