How to Use scrimmage in a Sentence

scrimmage

1 of 2 noun
Definition of scrimmagenext
Synonyms for scrimmagenext
  • The first play from scrimmage netted them a touchdown.
  • The game had the feel of a scrimmage at the end of spring ball.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Mike Pyle, the Bears’ center of the 1960s, faced Butkus head-on in the team’s scrimmages.
    — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The Eagles were in Berea last year for two days of workouts and scrimmages.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 24 July 2023
  • On Friday, the Gophers had a scrimmage focused on the first 20 minutes of the game.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Fresh out of the mine and covered in coal soot, McGuire took his family to the scrimmage.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2022
  • And that’s why the Warriors have been so pleased with his recent scrimmages.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Spring practices, except for the scrimmage, are not open to the public.
    — oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Check out Pack's behind-the-back no-look 3-pointer in a scrimmage.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Craig piled up 410 yards from scrimmage, good for third place in the Super Bowl record book, and scored four TDs.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Hubbard ran for 30 yards on the first play from scrimmage and had a 35-yard gain after a false start on the next play.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Trammell first felt a twinge on Oct. 8, the day after the team’s first intrasquad scrimmage.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The intrasquad scrimmage, which was closed to the media, lasted about 90 plays, coach Gus Malzahn said.
    — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Franklin missed each of the team’s scrimmages this spring due to injury but was expected to go on tour and play.
    — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2023
  • That’s because Malzahn said the first half will look like a normal scrimmage and the second half will be filled with fun for the fans.
    — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Freeze walked away from the Tigers’ second scrimmage of fall camp with mixed feelings.
    — Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The first part of the tryout was a scrimmage, and for the second part, players showed off their specialties.
    — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Hall was injured on the next play from scrimmage and was helped off the field and taken to the medical tent on the Jets’ sideline.
    — Arnie Stapleton, Hartford Courant, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The Aztecs played nine football games (and one scrimmage) in Snapdragon’s first year.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Joe Mixon had a career day with over 200 yards from scrimmage and five touchdowns.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Flash forward to a few weeks later at the first official scrimmage, and well, not so much.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 11 Oct. 2023
  • All the starters, including Pack and Poplar, played in a Saturday intrasquad scrimmage, and scored 58 points in the first half.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Parrish was 0 of 6 after going 1 of 7 behind the arc in the closed-door scrimmage against Arizona State.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • By the time the Packers had a 28-0 lead, Cleveland had managed five scrimmage plays, and two resulted in turnovers.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The session lasted two hours while the scrimmage was just under 36 minutes.
    — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2022
  • That also helped running back Joe Mixon gain over 100 yards from scrimmage.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In the scrimmage open to the media Saturday, Ryan made a three and had another attempt blocked.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Neither is Caleb Williams, which means everyone else (on both sides of scrimmage) must raise the level of play.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Recapping the events of the scrimmage, Cristobal said the offense scored but the defense came back and forced a negative drive.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • That puts the defensive ends outside (wider) of the usual line for scrimmage for the front defensive four.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2023
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scrimmage

2 of 2 verb
  • Last weekend we scrimmaged against Bell High.
  • The day before the All-Star game, the East team was scrimmaging.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2020
  • The Hornets are scheduled to scrimmage Ozark at home Aug. 21.
    — Jeremy Muck, Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Are the players that did not play in the game scrimmaging on Sunday's?
    — Erin Sorensen, ajc, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The team will scrimmage against other refugee soccer teams in many of those places.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2023
  • Most teams will scrimmage this week and begin games on March 19-20.
    — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Leading up to the annual spring game on April 14, the team will scrimmage twice, Malzahn said.
    — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The two teams scrimmaged last year at Tennessee, and Izzo and Barnes have been friends for decades.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The players then scrimmaged on their own to help keep the rhythm that has been evident in the nine-game winning streak.
    — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The Jaguars will scrimmage again next Saturday, Aug. 19.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Bandy coached younger boys, but his squad and the one Karon played for often scrimmaged together.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 23 July 2019
  • Friday’s practice: The Bengals will scrimmage for the first time in pads on Friday.
    — Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Next week in practice, some of the younger group will scrimmage, but none of them will be in a playing position.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Soon enough, the kids are running around the field, scrimmaging alongside five NFL players.
    — Jenny Vrentas, SI.com, 23 May 2018
  • They’re not even allowed to scrimmage amongst themselves.
    — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The group spent the first day completing on-court drills before scrimmaging.
    — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2020
  • As much as the mini-bubble is about on-court work, able to scrimmage 5-on-5 for a max of one hour per day, it’s also about team bonding.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2020
  • With one game left in the series, the Sox have been outscored 20-1 by the Astros, looking like a bunch of backups scrimmaging against the varsity.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Utah will scrimmage for the second and final time on Saturday.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Usually, before an Olympics, the U.S. is able to scrimmage teams from across the world to ready themselves for the competition.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The squad would scrimmage, and some poor soul would get the zero-margin-for-error task of sticking with one of the best shooters on planet Earth along the 3-point arc.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • The players were scrimmaging in reversible practice jerseys, the starting team in blue and the second unit in white.
    — Bob Ford, Philly.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • First-round pick Patrick Baldwin Jr. says he has been cleared to scrimmage since summer league and has no restrictions.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Having a true training camp where the players can scrimmage and learn Stanley's scheme should go a long way in helping the defense.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Trinity won’t have a spring game, but will scrimmage weekly.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • This was the first-time Luwawu-Cabarrot (right knee patellar tendinitis) has scrimmaged.
    — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Dawson and Friendswood will scrimmage each other on Sept. 18 at Friendswood, a matchup which will serve as a final tune-up to the regular season.
    — Ted Dunnam, Houston Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Curry is currently scrimmaging 5-on-5 for the first time in weeks.
    — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The head coach also plans to scrimmage the team at Snapdragon 10 days out from the Sept. 3 season opener against Arizona.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022
  • On Sunday, Auburn began scrimmaging without its seniors to get a preview of what the 2020 squad will look like.
    — Giana Han, al, 16 Dec. 2019

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