How to Use winger in a Sentence

winger

noun
  • Prokhorov is a huge winger with very good hands.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • At least one new winger will need to be signed.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • The star winger has a team-high 83 points.
    — CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • So why should the Leafs sell their top-line winger?
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • No Rapids winger in the past decade has hit that mark.
    — Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
  • And the winger’s trademark low socks?
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • The winger’s shot is arguably the best on the team.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The haters, left wingers and the Democrats are all proven wrong.
    — Fox News, 28 July 2018
  • The wingers are very fast, and the strikers keep the ball.
    — Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The star winger who played the right side with Matthews is gone.
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The winger, who scored a pair, sounded the alarm bell.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Within months, the young winger was the talk of the city.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Overlaps for fun but can hold his own against the best wingers, too.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Schafer is a big, skilled winger who can create off the rush and at the net-front.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Maple Leafs winger Matthew Knies could be in play.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Stenberg might be the more polished all-around winger.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Adding wingers will also be high on the off-season to-do list.
    — Andy Jones, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Dibling was not the club’s first choice winger.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Alao is a full-back who leans closer to winger than centre-back.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Their two top prospects are talented wingers with some flaws, too.
    — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Jawneh, a winger, seemed to be a bit of a strange signing when the club added him last week.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 4 July 2022
  • One-year bets were placed on a couple of skilled wingers who have seen better days.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The right winger has tallied six goals and six assists over the team’s last five games.
    — Chris Wassel, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 17 Nov. 2019
  • The 33-year-old winger is in the midst of his best season in a half-decade.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • In many respects, Munoz is a throwback winger.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • Wood is a big winger as well and can use his length to maintain possession.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In that time, the winger has won fans at each stop with his backstory and hard-nosed play.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Is Mathys the same type, to start as a winger and end as a striker?
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Bratt, meanwhile, is one of the most effective wingers in the game.
    — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Just ask Flames winger Adam Klapka.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2026

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