How to Use trainer in a Sentence

trainer

noun
  • The win was the first stakes win of the meeting for both the jockey and trainer.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Throughout the clip, Kim never drops the weight as her trainer stands off to the side.
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
  • To teach him to hunt, trainers would launch fish around his pen with a sling shot.
    Gene Johnson, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In recent months, he’s been able to return to the gym with a trainer.
    Margaret Fleming, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2023
  • That means, these trainers train you just as much as your dog.
    Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024
  • David Harbour co-stars as the trainer who tries to make his dream come true.
    Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
  • My mother-in-law is in her 50s and has worked as a horse trainer her whole life.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Witt was limited to work on the side with the trainers Wednesday.
    Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Athletic trainers are the health care providers of the sideline.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2023
  • This leaves enough room for both athletes and their trainers.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 10 July 2024
  • The trainer was in her studio at the time and pulled up the lottery website to see where the ticket was sold.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The trainer seemed to sense what was going on inside me, and said that the training would be good for my brain.
    Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The first one up borrowed a trainer’s rifle, peered through the scope at the target 35 yards away and pulled the trigger.
    Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The trainers will be waiting for you, the groom high-fives you, the owners are so excited.
    Scott Enman, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
  • And then his kind of '90s pale denim and his New Balance trainers.
    Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Trotter did a Google search to find a potty trainer in her area.
    Francyne Zeltser, Parents, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Or maybe a good pair of jeans and Adidas Samba trainers.
    Alex Kessler, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2023
  • After some urging from the trainer in the center of the ring, the horse picks up the pace and clears the next jump effortlessly.
    Sara Lang, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The line includes waist trainers, slimming tea, detox pills and more.
    Sarah Title, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
  • Griffith’s trainer, Gil Clancy, restrained him and told him to save his anger for the fight.
    Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The plan goes awry when his mom (Kathy Najimy) sets him up on a blind date with her handsome trainer.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Muchová made use of the break by consulting with a trainer.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The non-moves show the intensity of the loyalty that his owners have for the hall of fame trainer.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The three-quarter button down style gives the top a slice of preppy, tomboy-ish flair that meshes well with Holmes’ trainers.
    Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Part of the lack of top names is because of the ban on the trainer considered the best conditioner of 2- and 3-year-olds, Bob Baffert.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Learning to live with cancer while trying to move forward hasn’t been easy for the tech sales trainer.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Michael Appleby was the trainer and Tom Marquand was the rider.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Last month, Reynolds posted a photo of him and his trainer with two 60-pound barbells in each hand, and took a jab at his friend in the caption.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Angels athletic trainer Mike Frostad and Nevin came out to check on Trout, who left with the trainer.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
  • Speaking to new hires at locations across the state, a trainer from the corporate office threatened a one-warning-only tolerance for sleeping during the next three hours.
    Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2024

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