How to Use parkour in a Sentence

parkour

noun
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  • There will also be a parkour course, a bounce house, and more.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The crowd for parkour was baking in the sun, but having a blast doing it.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 11 July 2022
  • My son is a sweet, fun-loving boy who loves jokes, reading and parkour.
    — Nicole Roder, Washington Post, 9 July 2020
  • Ruslan was a fan of parkour, the sport of running over and around obstacles.
    — Isabel Coles, WSJ, 16 May 2022
  • The title grants him enough parkour powers to run up the speechless invaders and lop their heads off.
    — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Sure, Citi Bike parkour is a thing, as anyone who follows @citibikeboyz knows.
    — John Surico, Curbed, 24 July 2023
  • Bart's doing like parkour off of buildings and stuff like that, and spinning, and doing all sorts of crazy of stuff.
    — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 12 July 2021
  • Since switching to parkour in 2015, Sollfrank hasn't looked back.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 22 Dec. 2020
  • So the parkour athletes aren't perfect stand-ins for treetop apes.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2016
  • Those who do parkour, gymnasts and rock climbers tend to do well in the competitions.
    — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • What comes after is a journey of self-discovery, finding her place in the world, and lots of parkour.
    — George Yang, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Verdict: Xbox One owners in need of an action-parkour fix should buy, buy, buy.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2018
  • The parkour-like athleticism of the net catchers comes with the second pass through a neighborhood.
    — James Gorman, New York Times, 22 July 2019
  • The people still living in the city hold parkour tournaments to trade supplies.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 14 Apr. 2023
  • That’s not to say Gollum has no sense of challenge or the parkour segments are badly designed.
    — Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
  • Her stunt double was Conrad Weitzel, a parkour athlete from Phoenix.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Stealth, action, and parkour — Gollum’s other half — just aren’t strong enough to carry the gameplay.
    — Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
  • A class with Kelley is a master class in outdoor parkour technique.
    — Nicole Tsong, The Seattle Times, 14 June 2017
  • There are ropes courses, a zip line, ninja warrior challenges and parkour.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Kelley teaches a form of natural movement with roots in parkour, and his classes take place in parks.
    — Nicole Tsong, The Seattle Times, 23 Aug. 2018
  • On the other hand, hard to imagine anything justifying the amount of time spent watching Reva parkour across the daiyu rooftops.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2022
  • The magical parkour is the shining highlight of the game, and tweaking the combat system to make better use of it is exactly what this game needs.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Inside, the Woodward stage and screen, found within the parkour zone, will begin to offer programming.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
  • In boulder, the wall is only about 15 feet high, the climber is not attached to a rope and the routes often necessitate parkour-like leaps or Gumby-like stretches.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Dying Light 2, a sequel to my favorite zombie parkour game.
    — Julie Muncy, WIRED, 12 June 2018
  • Yang ventured into rap and street dance and rose to the top of rankings; Hu did parkour despite back injuries and nailed every performance.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Lately, West’s free thought seems more akin to parkour: stunt after stunt after stunt, executed with high risk and speed at great heights.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Aiden can use over 3000 parkour animations, a grappling hook, a host of melee weapons, and even zombie-like skills himself to contend with the undead.
    — Brittany Vincent, BGR, 31 Oct. 2021
  • But a parkour sequence that included Bond fighting on a crane high above a construction site?
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2021
  • As a result, the city is a battlefield for young players of parkour-like competitions.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022

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