How to Use boxing glove in a Sentence

boxing glove

noun
Definition of boxing glovenext
  • Red hands over the boxing gloves and a note for the next time Weecha comes around.
    — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 June 2023
  • Here are some of the top contenders among the boxing glove market.
    — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2021
  • That’s the one that had a picture on the front of a naked woman with a boxing glove between her legs.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2021
  • This is where Steven shows up every day to put on his boxing gloves.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • The mother told the teacher a brother hit Gabriel with a boxing glove.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Punching them with a boxing glove affixed to the end of a giant spring?
    — Nicky Guerreiro, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
  • In a part of the announcement that was staged, Burnie had on giant boxing gloves.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
  • In April 2020, two dolls in boxing gloves stood in a ring fighting the coronavirus.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 8 July 2023
  • As if the two were wearing boxing gloves, these EVs traded punches with pros and cons.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 6 June 2023
  • The clue package displayed a bride, sneakers, boxing gloves and the Charging Bull.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In the photo, Amelie wears a white Adidas sports bra and red boxing gloves with her hands raised over her head in triumph.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
  • Turman learned some martial arts in the Marines, but had never slipped on boxing gloves.
    — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 June 2018
  • But now Diaz will be lacing 10-ounce boxing gloves instead of the four-ounce UFC gloves.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In this one, a 60-year-old Balboa, who traded in his boxing gloves for the life of a restaurateur, is enticed to fight yet again.
    — Good Housekeeping, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Securing boxing gloves on the outstretched arm of the teenager in front of him, James Curles tried to recall how the nicknames started.
    — Dana Lee, Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Brooks, always the jokester, put on a pair of boxing gloves and shadow boxed in the tunnel while his teammates finished off the victory.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The big cat, with its neck of packed muscle and paws bigger than boxing gloves, silently padded toward the giant anteater and crouched behind it.
    — National Geographic, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Bizarrely, a bystander told authorities the mom appeared to have a boxing glove attached to her left hand.
    — Fox News, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Well Courtney Storer gave me a little pair of Italian boxing gloves to hang on my rear view mirror.
    — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2023
  • Wearing boxing gloves, Rokita punches blow-up versions of Braun and Messer in one of his ads.
    — Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star, 4 May 2018
  • In the video, the men can be seen talking to each other before Blueface punches the man in the face several times while wearing boxing gloves.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Even Milo Ventimiglia and Justin Hartley joked that boxing gloves and a fishing pole would be too extreme.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Cardinals players also sported red gloves as a nod to the color of Ali’s boxing gloves.
    — Tom Hoffarth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2019
  • The two men appear to be talking at each other before Blueface, wearing boxing gloves, swings and strikes the man several times in the face.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Hopefully, Ramirez hangs up the gloves (boxing gloves, that is) after his one-punch knockout of Tim Anderson.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Coaches utilize a boxing glove, attempting to punch a football out of the ball carriers hands.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Yes, There’s a Bow Shoppers can check out the star’s go-to workout headphones, running socks, water bottles, boxing gloves, yoga mats and more are all in one place.
    — Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Brooks, wearing boxing gloves, greeted his teammates outside the locker room after the game.
    — oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023
  • DeSantis and Haley handled Trump with kid gloves but used boxing gloves on each other.
    — Averi Harper, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • In the photo, Donna can be seen wearing boxing gloves while standing in a fighter stance as Tongadur holds paddles.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 15 Mar. 2023

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