How to Use gymnast in a Sentence
gymnast
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Suni Lee was the young gymnast who won the all-around gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in March 2021.
—Jason Randall, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
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Days ago, Lee wasn't even the best gymnast on her team.
—Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
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All three judges voted to keep the Olympic gymnast on the dance floor.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
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The gymnast choked up and teared up when she was asked about the topic.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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How does your training as a dancer and a gymnast come to bear?
—Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
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Hilliard is one of the Black female gymnasts who paved the way for their success.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
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Prior Lake has had at least one gymnast at state in 14 of the last 15 years.
—Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Prior Lake has had at least one gymnast at state in 15 of the last 16 years.
—Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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For a gymnast, that starts at around 3, and for Simone around 6.
—Katelyn Ohashi, Time, 28 July 2021
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As far as is known, the gymnast still resides at this home.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 26 July 2024
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The Deerfield linebacker has been a gymnast and a wrestler too.
—Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
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Now, the legendary gymnast is on the mend and ready to open up about her recent health scare.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 8 Jan. 2024
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His elastic voice is a gymnast and the song is a floor routine.
—Michael Corcoran, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2021
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Durham became the first elite gymnast at the school and was soon joined by Retton.
—Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2021
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Most frogs can jump and land with the precision and grace of an Olympic gymnast.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
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The gold is the third straight Olympic title for the Japanese gymnast.
—Josh Dubow, Chron, 28 July 2021
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Others, like Richard, had to dip into their pockets for the chance to go against the best gymnasts in the world.
—Will Graves, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
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Hersey freshman Nate Mabry wasn’t born to be a gymnast, but he was destined to be a star in the sport.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2022
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The gymnast debuted the piece at the 2024 Olympics last August.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
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The Fire Melt Burger ($9) played with heat like a gold medal Olympic gymnast on the balance beam.
—Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Oct. 2021
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Biles would be 27 years old at the start of the Paris Games, an age by which most Olympic gymnasts have long since retired.
—Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023
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Before Tokyo, no gymnast older than 20 had won the all-around gold medal in the past 50 years.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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In the Instagram photo, Owens, 26, dips the Olympic gymnast for a smooch.
—PEOPLE.com, 22 Mar. 2022
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Wilborn: Is there a black girl gymnast group chat somewhere?
—al, 30 Jan. 2023
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Her all-around victory marks the fifth-straight win by a gymnast from Team USA.
—Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 29 July 2021
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Being a gymnast was always in the cards for Jordyn Wieber.
—April Wallace, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2022
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The gymnast said one of the passengers in the vehicle pepper sprayed her arm as the car sped away.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 11 Nov. 2021
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Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time, came in fifth with 2% of the vote.
—Time Staff, Time, 10 Sep. 2021
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Even arguably the greatest gymnast to ever exist was not safe from Larry Nassar.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Richard hopes this uniform can give gymnasts of all ages and levels another option without having to accept point deductions.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2025
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