plural tourneys
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Examples of tourney in a Sentence
Noun
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024
Woodland’s family joined him on the course for the annual tourney, which was won by Rickie Fowler.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
Edey — who was named to the John Wooden All-American team and is a favorite to repeat as the institution's player of the year — has averaged 28 points in five tourney games, while Clingan has averaged 16.2 per game.
—NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Robin Roberts, a former ESPN star who know anchors Good Morning America, was one of ESPN’s first hosts covering the women’s NCAA tourney.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
The average women’s NCAA tournament game rating is up by 127% year over year from the 2023 tourney, according to a news release from ESPN parent company Disney.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Realize that despite all the legend and lore and heart-stirring music, this tourney filled with Davids is ultimately a grab for Goliath.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The past two tourneys have seen four bids for the Mountain West — and quick losses by everyone except the Aztecs — and the Broncos are going for their third straight berth.
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 18 Feb. 2024
Since their tourney win over the Indiana Pacers in the in-season tournament finals, the Lakers have gone an abysmal 10-16, pushing their overall record to sub-.500 at 24-25.
—Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
Michael Marot, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
There were 40 teams in this year’s boys tourney.
—Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2021
From state alumni who went on to tourney greatness to standouts with the home-state schools, these are 101 names to know from the history of Wisconsin's involvement in the NCAA Tournament.
—Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
Lewis came up with a loose ball and passed to Hodge, who hit a 3-point shot with four seconds remaining for USA’s only tourney victory.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 27 Nov. 2019
Noun
The play-in tourney features the seventh-through-10th-place teams competing for the final two playoff seeds in each conference.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024
Woodland’s family joined him on the course for the annual tourney, which was won by Rickie Fowler.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
Edey — who was named to the John Wooden All-American team and is a favorite to repeat as the institution's player of the year — has averaged 28 points in five tourney games, while Clingan has averaged 16.2 per game.
—NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Robin Roberts, a former ESPN star who know anchors Good Morning America, was one of ESPN’s first hosts covering the women’s NCAA tourney.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
The average women’s NCAA tournament game rating is up by 127% year over year from the 2023 tourney, according to a news release from ESPN parent company Disney.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Realize that despite all the legend and lore and heart-stirring music, this tourney filled with Davids is ultimately a grab for Goliath.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The past two tourneys have seen four bids for the Mountain West — and quick losses by everyone except the Aztecs — and the Broncos are going for their third straight berth.
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 18 Feb. 2024
Since their tourney win over the Indiana Pacers in the in-season tournament finals, the Lakers have gone an abysmal 10-16, pushing their overall record to sub-.500 at 24-25.
—Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
Verb
The 2022-23 Big Ten regular season and tourney champs meet Saturday when No. 14 Indiana visits Iowa City.
—Michael Marot, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
There were 40 teams in this year’s boys tourney.
—Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2021
From state alumni who went on to tourney greatness to standouts with the home-state schools, these are 101 names to know from the history of Wisconsin's involvement in the NCAA Tournament.
—Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
Lewis came up with a loose ball and passed to Hodge, who hit a 3-point shot with four seconds remaining for USA’s only tourney victory.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 27 Nov. 2019
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“Tourney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourney. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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