How to Use water polo in a Sentence

water polo

noun
  • Movies, beach soccer, and water polo are on tap at the teen club.
    — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Ohl brought his speed from water polo to swimming.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
  • The school district has swim and water polo teams, but no swimming pools of its own.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
  • Choose from archery and water polo, the spa, or its 12 bars and restaurants.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Terry Schroeder would go on to do a lot in the game of water polo.
    — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • The teams are girls gymnastics, girls wrestling, girls and boys lacrosse and girls water polo.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The teams are girls gymnastics, girls wrestling, girls and boys lacrosse and girls water polo.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Clark decided to join the swim team to improve his speed for water polo.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 12 Apr. 2021
  • And our swim team was far more popular than our football team and water polo was as well.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
  • There are many more athletes to be seen in water polo, volleyball, golf and lacrosse.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
  • Lilly used that as a way to help drive interest in the water polo program.
    — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Princeton was the top local team in the final water polo rankings at the no.
    — Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com, 17 Jan. 2018
  • The boys water polo team set a new program record for wins and advanced to the state tournament.
    — Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • As an adjunct to water polo, Black also joined the swim team for training.
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Wilde was the captain of the South Eugene water polo and swim teams this year.
    — oregonlive, 21 June 2023
  • But remember, water polo players can’t touch the bottom of the pool with their feet.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The women's water polo team won its third gold in a row; the women's volleyball team won its first.
    — Alex Connor, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Newsom said the state agreed to pay for some outdoor sports like football and water polo, but not indoor sports.
    — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Chester, for example, wears skirts and crop tops but is also a star player on the school's water polo team.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Golda played softball, water polo and a few other sports at Rosary.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Fall 2022 felt like a long time coming for water polo in Texas.
    — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The sport takes place in the fall along with girls golf, tennis, cross country, water polo, and girls’ volleyball.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
  • The water polo team at Jesuit High in Carmichael got a full workout.
    — Irene Gonzalez, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Christmas came a little late for the Mar Vista High girls water polo team.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2023
  • As fate would have it that foray into water polo also caught the eye of Navy recruiters who had come to his school.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021
  • It’s set in a Boston boy’s water polo camp with its focus on a team of pre-teens who play what becomes a deadly game.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The water polo teams spent the first 1½ months of the academic year holding weekly Zoom chats.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Garcia served as a swim, dive and water polo coach at Alvin High School for more than 30 years.
    — Carissa D. Lamkahouan, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2020
  • An image of water polo players in Speedos sparks a feud in Temecula.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • As a result, the club has had stronger players and has sent more than 50 athletes to play water polo in college in the past six years.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2025

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