How to Use cornerman in a Sentence

cornerman

noun
  • The cornermen rush in and carry them to their respective corners.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • While a cornerman attended to Klitscko’s cut above his left eye, the old champion schemed.
    — Lance Pugmire, latimes.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Santa Cruz is fiercely loyal to the idea of having his father, Jose, as his cornerman.
    — Lance Pugmire, latimes.com, 23 May 2018
  • Reveco staggered backward lost, wandering to ropes to the side of his corner instead of to his awaiting cornermen.
    — Lance Pugmire, latimes.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • To be Pacquiao’s main cornerman includes doing the mitts, which means putting pads on each hand and moving them for a sequence of hard punches.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Like a thousand-person third-party cornerman, Dallas fans willed on Dallas’ boxer.
    — Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2022
  • The two boxers embraced after the fight, but that didn’t stop Dirrell’s cornerman — his uncle — from dropping Uzcategui after the fact.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 21 May 2017
  • In those 32 seconds, Cushman — the cornerman — pushes up a slumping Munson, then slaps him, holding him up by the neck and face.
    — John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The Milwaukee judge Thursday also ruled that the referee and the fighter's cornermen are immune from some of the counts in the lawsuit under a state law.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Though one fighter on the card and two of his cornermen tested positive for the virus before the event, UFC 249 carried on.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 13 May 2020
  • Only fighters, cornermen, referees, judges, crew and ESPN broadcast staff will be present.
    — Alicia Kortendick, cleveland, 14 Mar. 2020
  • The proprietor, Jimmy Glenn, is a former prizefighter and cornerman for Floyd Patterson.
    — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
  • The cornerman was Scott Cushman, Roufusport's longtime lead striking instructor.
    — John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • One of Miller’s cornermen seemingly notified him of the situation just as the third round was about to begin, prompting the 318-pounder to stand, shrug to the crowd cartoonishly and peel the toupee off his head.
    — Matt Moret, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • And Clinton herself was the subject of a steady stream of derision, carefully pitched to Trump’s own biases and insecurities and delivered with the passion of a cornerman firing up a boxer for one last grueling round in the ring.
    — Joshua Green, Daily Intelligencer, 9 July 2017
  • And Clinton herself was the subject of a steady stream of derision, carefully pitched to Trump's own biases and insecurities and delivered with the passion of a cornerman firing up a boxer for one last grueling round in the ring.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 10 July 2017
  • The fight marks Strickland’s first bout since he was suspended from the UFC in July 2025 for attacking another fighter while working as a cornerman during an event.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026

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