How to Use wrestling in a Sentence

wrestling

noun
  • He was on the wrestling team in high school.
  • My favorite sport is wrestling.
  • For the future of wrestling, WWE is looking to the past.
    — Lauren Coates, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
  • John Quinlan has been the school's wrestling coach for 39 years.
    — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
  • In pro wrestling, the good guys are known as babyfaces and the bad guys are known as heels.
    — Alice Hines, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The two chopped it up about pro wrestling and the intricacies of the sport.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • In fact, at times the bout looked to be as much of a wrestling match as a boxing match.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2021
  • The thing is the contestant has a background in wrestling.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The crunch time of the college wrestling season will soon be upon us.
    — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Iowa has been the standard for years in college wrestling.
    — Eli McKown, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Arbery and Travis McMichael can be seen in the video wrestling over the firearm before the shooting.
    — Devon M. Sayers and Alta Spells, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Three more points would have meant a lot in the defensive wrestling match.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Which surprised Poway High wrestling coach John Meyers not in the least.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The silicone bottom of the mold means no wrestling to free your frozen sphere.
    — Sean Evans, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2023
  • On the Monday after their fourth loss, the players met with the coaches, in the wrestling room.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Afraid to get in trouble, Dom went to wrestling practice.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024
  • This sumo wrestling is not the cliched images of 600-pound men in nothing but top knots and loin cloths.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • As the lights dimmed, the show’s production crew members threw a curtain over the wrestling star.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Several wrestling fans embraced the change, while the WWE took some time to adapt.
    — Mark Lasota, Ph.d., Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Bad Bunny spoke with Allure in 2021 about his love of wrestling.
    — William Earl, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Japan, on the strength of judo, wrestling and fencing was second with 54 points.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Pro wrestling has always been staged, and the audience knew it but didn’t care.
    — Irina Aleksander, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • With that, Chanel challenges her daughter to an arm-wrestling match.
    — New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The third-generation WWE star first crossed paths with her at a wrestling event in 2012.
    — Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The fest features live bands playing day and night and a Lucha Libre-style wrestling match.
    — Holly Baumbach, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The legacy that has been building around USA Wrestling, the bar that has been raised in freestyle wrestling, is amazing.
    — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024
  • Of course Atlanta hip-hop and wrestling have a had a strong connection for decades.
    — Shaheem Reid, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
  • And of course, his wrestling with his ego is evident in his music.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Available Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20, these drinks are as extra as the wrestling legends they’re inspired by.
    — Nasha Smith, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Victor loved watching professional wrestling, eating fries and taking walks while holding his mother’s hand, Vazquez said.
    — Martha Bellisle and Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025

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