How to Use scrimmage in a Sentence

scrimmage

1 of 2 noun
  • The first play from scrimmage netted them a touchdown.
  • The game feels like a scrimmage.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Next up was a five-on-five scrimmage.
    — Ally Schniepp, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Things were even worse from scrimmage.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The game had the feel of a scrimmage at the end of spring ball.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Betts hurt her lower left leg in a scrimmage.
    — Apress, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Kennedy fumbled the ball away on its first play from scrimmage.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Baun’s fastest speed on a play from scrimmage of his career.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Kleber had three goals in the scrimmage that came on some slick moves at the net.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Ohio State was outmatched along the line of scrimmage.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The guys were in the locker room after a scrimmage.
    — Keith O'Brien, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Kirkwood came over to ask Smith who the ball boy was for the scrimmage.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2026
  • The game felt like a scrimmage that quickly turned into a flood.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Their teams have met in preseason scrimmages in the past.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
  • All practices and scrimmages are open to the public.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s what to know before the cameras roll and the scrimmage starts.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The scrimmage on April 3 was tough all around for the offense.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Williams got hurt on the first snap from scrimmage in a win last week against Chicago.
    — CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • On the very next play from scrimmage, Ward had the ball fly out of his hand on a dropback.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Moore threw a pick-six on the first play from scrimmage and never recovered.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The team only held one full-on scrimmage and spent most of the session learning.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Simmons said Carter will play from scrimmage because of his deep speed.
    — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Then the player in front of him missed a preseason scrimmage due to strep throat.
    — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • And that’s why the Warriors have been so pleased with his recent scrimmages.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Last Friday’s scrimmage was his toughest day of camp.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Spring practices, except for the scrimmage, are not open to the public.
    — oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Freeze walked away from the Tigers’ second scrimmage of fall camp with mixed feelings.
    — Ainslie Lee | [email protected], al, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Jackson also blocked a field goal during the first scrimmage.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Gordon has 50 snaps from scrimmage and nine on special teams.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
  • 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

scrimmage

2 of 2 verb
  • Last weekend we scrimmaged against Bell High.
  • Didn't scrimmage but did quite a bit of work that day.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The lesson taken from it was not to scrimmage less, though.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The team will scrimmage against other refugee soccer teams in many of those places.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2023
  • The Seminoles will still scrimmage, but it’ll be closed to the public.
    — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Are the players that did not play in the game scrimmaging on Sunday's?
    — Erin Sorensen, ajc, 13 Sep. 2017
  • My middle school girls team the Tsunami will scrimmage at halftime.
    — Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The group spent the first day completing on-court drills before scrimmaging.
    — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Bandy coached younger boys, but his squad and the one Karon played for often scrimmaged together.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 23 July 2019
  • Most teams will scrimmage this week and begin games on March 19-20.
    — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • All teams have to scrimmage live to evaluate players and their teams, as well as to make improvements.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The day before the All-Star game, the East team was scrimmaging.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2020
  • Utah will scrimmage for the second and final time on Saturday.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Curry is currently scrimmaging 5-on-5 for the first time in weeks.
    — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • 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 were scrimmaging in reversible practice jerseys, the starting team in blue and the second unit in white.
    — Bob Ford, Philly.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Leading up to the annual spring game on April 14, the team will scrimmage twice, Malzahn said.
    — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Each has battle lower leg injuries during camp and did not scrimmage this past Saturday.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
  • This was the first-time Luwawu-Cabarrot (right knee patellar tendinitis) has scrimmaged.
    — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Murray and White have logged time side-by-side during several of the team’s scrimmages early in training camp.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 5 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Dallas, which has its eyes on winning a ring and nothing less, had to work with the notion that teams may be less motivated to scrimmage against them.
    — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Dutcher took his team to Pauley Pavilion to scrimmage preseason No.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Soon enough, the kids are running around the field, scrimmaging alongside five NFL players.
    — Jenny Vrentas, SI.com, 23 May 2018
  • Steve Kerr said Curry would scrimmage again in the coming days, then be re-evaluated over the weekend.
    — ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • And once she is cleared to scrimmage with practice players, the Sky will be able to set a realistic timeline for her return to practice — and live action games.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Thomas has slowly worked his way into game shape, scrimmaging first against the G-League Canton Charge and then with his teammates a few days ago.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2018

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