How to Use tournament in a Sentence

tournament

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  • She's an excellent tennis player who has won many tournaments.
  • The win advances the Sounders to the round of 32 in the take-all-comers tournament.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2023
  • What’s even worse, Mohr adds, is that Smith didn’t have to break the rules to have a shot at winning the tournament.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Aug. 2023
  • With the tournament taking place on the other side of the earth, game times will be on the later side.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2023
  • Through their first five games in the tournament, the Aztecs shot an average of 42.48%.
    — Kristie Rieken, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
  • And just like that, the 2023 US Open tennis tournament is coming to a close.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Among the patrons were a group of deaf people who had come to the bar for a cornhole tournament.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The last five minutes of this might be the best of the tournament - and that includes the end of Gonzaga's thriller against the Bruins.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • People might say, San Diego State might win all these games, but that style doesn’t win in the tournament.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
  • There also were a couple of plays an inch or two from being talked about for the rest of the tournament.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
  • At the end of the regular season, the best eight teams will square off in a three-round playoff tournament.
    — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Its team had never won a game at the tournament before.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Starting Tuesday night against the Atlanta Hawks. – In the play-in tournament.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The four would have been displayed on the court, each on its own pedestal that showed the relevant tournament logo.
    — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • On Saturday, their hard work will pay off when the team takes the ice for the first time at a tournament in Delaware.
    — Michelle Miller, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Players in the first-ever state fair tournament will compete for a $2,000 prize.
    — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2023
  • And while the weekend did not end with a win for the Woods trio, at the 14th hole of the final round of the tournament, Tiger and Sam fist-bumped each other to mark a weekend well spent!
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
  • In June 2017, one of his blimps crashed and burned on live television at the men’s U.S. Open golf tournament, one of the world’s premier sporting events.
    — Richard Lardner, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • For most of the tournament, there's two sessions each day—a day session (which begins at 11 a.m.) and a night session (which starts at 7 p.m.).
    — Town & Country, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Kerr, who has been slowed by a left leg injury sustained in training, was making her first start of the tournament.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • This evening will see the culmination of the action as tournament hosts Ivory Coast take on Nigeria in the final.
    — Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • In 11 tournaments, he’s posted nine top-10 finishes, five in the top four.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023
  • At the same time, many people applauded the trans girl for competing in and winning the tournament.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • England subsequently lost the match, and with it their hopes of winning the tournament.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Getting to the second round isn’t exactly a surprise for the US, the tournament favorite and a team seeking a sixth World Cup gold medal.
    — Tim Reynolds, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The Qatar government is expected to roll out a surprise ban the sale of beer at the World Cup tournament, which is set to begin in just two days.
    — Fox News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Randallstown went 3-0 in the tournament, gaining momentum for what will surely be a grind the rest of the season.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The weather could play a major factor in the tournament moving forward.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
  • There’s no age limit: The oldest woman who played at a recent tournament was 72.
    — Ingrid Ahlgren, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Fashion is definitely at the forefront of the majors, the four Grand Slam tournaments.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023

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