How to Use shuttlecock in a Sentence

shuttlecock

noun
  • Still, shuttlecocks can achieve top speeds of more than 300 mph.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
  • This kit includes steel poles, a net, and racquets for four, so get ready to channel your sporty side and strike the shuttlecock back and forth.
    — Ruby Rose Lee, Town & Country, 15 June 2015
  • The robot can pitch its body to keep the shuttlecock in view, mimicking how a human player might lean in for a tricky shot.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
  • Inside was a storage space with a bunch of cardboard boxes holding the shuttlecocks.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2016
  • The extra drag also means that players must exert quite a bit of force to hit a shuttlecock the full length of a badminton court.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Despite nailing the first four, Gi-hun's last kick threw the shuttlecock in an odd direction.
    — Esther Kang, People.com, 26 June 2025
  • The mod detail did well to highlight the diamond brooch shaped like a badminton shuttlecock on her left shoulder.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Beneath the dark canopy, vines corkscrew around bulbous trunks and palms burst up like giant shuttlecocks from the dense foliage underfoot.
    — Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2017
  • Badminton is so boring that players stop trying to hit the stupid shuttlecock and start whacking one another in the face just for fun.
    — Tom Papa, The New Yorker, 24 July 2021
  • At one point, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern engage in a game of rapid-fire queries, hitting them back and forth like shuttlecocks.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Although now widely embraced as a symbol of Kansas City, the shuttlecocks didn’t quite make sense at first.
    — Courtney Lane, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The shuttlecocks have since become beloved symbols of the museum and of Kansas City.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
  • When they were raised perpendicular to the fuselage, the craft slowed down and started descending like a shuttlecock.
    — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • In Bilbao, the monstrous shuttlecock with its flaccid feathers sits in its own space like a sad echo of an ancient badminton game between giants.
    — Christian House, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Backyard badminton is usually played with nylon shuttlecocks.
    — Douglas C. Towne, azcentral, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Prince William keeps his eye on the shuttlecock while trying his hand at badminton on a visit to Birmingham last Friday.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • The shuttlecock is a shaped like a cone and made of overlapping feathers attached to a circular cork base, according to Racquet Point.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
  • Snoop Dogg's badminton call was shuttlecock splendor When was the last time American sports fans paid attention to badminton?
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
  • So have the regular groups of people juggling shuttlecocks with their feet, and the hardy retirees who regularly work out on the exercise equipment in the park’s northeast corner.
    — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Badminton, the modern iteration, is typically played by either two or four players, who bat a shuttlecock or birdie, usually made of plastic, across a net.
    — Alexis Soloski New York Times, Star Tribune, 14 May 2021
  • This enables the bot to accurately intercept the shuttlecock, while also moving quickly and without losing its balance.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Khmer Times Scales of the giant barb traditionally have been used for making a type of shuttlecock for badminton in Cambodia.
    — National Geographic, 25 Feb. 2020
  • One of the latest innovations is the spin serve, a devastatingly effective method in which a player adds a pre-spin just before the racket contacts the shuttlecock (aka the birdie).
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Experienced competitors use natural shuttlecocks, the best of which are manufactured with feathers from the left-wing of a goose for top aerodynamics.
    — Douglas C. Towne, azcentral, 2 Jan. 2020
  • The festival also features kite flying and a shuttlecock demonstration and competition.
    — Mary Jacobs, Dallas News, 25 May 2021
  • Its flowers are highly decorative, feathery pink and white, resembling badminton shuttlecocks with an alluring fragrance.
    — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
  • The day includes story times, origami art activities, puppets, a sculpture hunt and badminton demonstrations and games — presumably with normal-sized shuttlecocks.
    — David Frese, kansascity.com, 28 May 2017
  • In addition to unusual shuttlecock pink and white blooms, its outstanding characteristic is a spreading umbrella form that quickly creates shade below its canopy.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Badminton Players — either alone or in pairs — hit a shuttlecock across a net in this racquet sport, which officially became part of the Olympics in 1992.
    — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Other Olympic Village furniture will include small tables made from badminton shuttlecocks, poufs made from parachute cloth, and chairs constructed from recycled bottle caps.
    — Riccardo Piccolo, WIRED, 23 July 2024

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