How to Use floater in a Sentence

floater

noun
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  • Simons drives into the lane and puts up a floater that swishes.
    — oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Powell made the pending free throw then soon after hit a floater.
    — oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Brunson brought the ball up the floor, knifed his way into the paint and got the floater to bank in, plus the foul.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • Hunter gathered and came up short on a mid-range floater that was pestered by a leaping Mobley.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2021
  • That sequence ended with a mid-range Mobley floater, showing his soft touch.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Her floater in the lane at the end of the third gave Newington a 38-29 lead.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
  • Kennard answered with a three and then McCollum scored on a floater.
    — oregonlive, 26 Oct. 2021
  • That typically opens up his 3 because teams back off him after he's gone into the paint for a layup or floater.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Memphis’ Ja Morant made a floater in the lane against Charlotte early in the first quarter last week.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
  • But Graham missed both, and Pulliam made a tear-drop floater in the lane with a minute left for a 64-63 lead.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The floater is a difficult shot, requiring ball control, touch and unusual arc to get the shot over defenders and through the hoop.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Kerr let Curry play inside the four-minute mark of the fourth quarter to drill a floater for an even 50 points and a 23-point lead.
    — Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The thing about Key West or Key Largo is that most likely the vibe will be lighthearted and playful, with a rum floater.
    — Margaux Lushing, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Mobley didn’t score his first basket until the 9:14 mark of the second quarter, flipping in a driving floater off Garland’s pass.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Is the balloon more inflated than the floater that imploded 15 years ago in the U.S., as Aliber believes?
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Here, Conley comes off the screen, stays in the middle to prevent his defender from defending the shot, is threatening the lob the whole time, jumps to the side for further space, and just gets the easy floater to drop.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Finn: Jaylen up to 32 points with a floater in the lane to cut the Heat lead to 6.
    — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
  • Flagler hit a 3 and made a nifty floater in the lane to make it 5-0.
    — Stephen Hawkins, Chron, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Clouden followed with a floater off the backboard to push the lead to nine.
    — Eli McKown, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Her floater in the lane at the end of the third gave Newington a 38-29 lead.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
  • And then their point guard (Chucky Hepburn) got in the lane and had the shot-clock floater.
    — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Her second shot was a short, point-blank floater in the lane.
    — Sean Gregory / Uncasville, TIME, 15 May 2024
  • In the pick and roll, get into my mid-range or to the basket or a floater.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2023
  • But the Aztecs calmly ran a play for Pulliam, who hit a floater in the lane.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Nice floater from Allen Flanigan to put Auburn in front.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Gilmore stayed with him and forced a tough floater with 12.1 seconds left.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Jordan Whitfield made a floater as time expired in the first OT to tie the game.
    — Noah Trister, ajc, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Young drove into the lane and found some open space for a floater, but wasn’t able to convert.
    — Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 11 Dec. 2022
  • But the rest of the team couldn’t find a single shot that would fall — not a floater, not a free throw, not a 3-pointer.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
  • All-Star knocking down an absurd floater from three in the first half.
    — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2022

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