How to Use gymnast in a Sentence

gymnast

noun
  • 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
  • Days ago, Lee wasn't even the best gymnast on her team.
    — Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • All three judges voted to keep the Olympic gymnast on the dance floor.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The gymnast choked up and teared up when she was asked about the topic.
    — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
  • How does your training as a dancer and a gymnast come to bear?
    — Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Hilliard is one of the Black female gymnasts who paved the way for their success.
    — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Prior Lake has had at least one gymnast at state in 15 of the last 16 years.
    — Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • As far as is known, the gymnast still resides at this home.
    — Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 26 July 2024
  • The Deerfield linebacker has been a gymnast and a wrestler too.
    — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Now, the legendary gymnast is on the mend and ready to open up about her recent health scare.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 8 Jan. 2024
  • His elastic voice is a gymnast and the song is a floor routine.
    — Michael Corcoran, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Durham became the first elite gymnast at the school and was soon joined by Retton.
    — Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Most frogs can jump and land with the precision and grace of an Olympic gymnast.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • The gymnast debuted the piece at the 2024 Olympics last August.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In the Instagram photo, Owens, 26, dips the Olympic gymnast for a smooch.
    — PEOPLE.com, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Wilborn: Is there a black girl gymnast group chat somewhere?
    — al, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Her all-around victory marks the fifth-straight win by a gymnast from Team USA.
    — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 29 July 2021
  • Being a gymnast was always in the cards for Jordyn Wieber.
    — April Wallace, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time, came in fifth with 2% of the vote.
    — Time Staff, Time, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The details in her feet and hands outlined by chalk show the rigors of being a gymnast, and at the same time the gracefulness of the sport.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The maneuver will be named the Biles II – the fifth skill named after the American gymnast.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • More gymnasts for the team are expected to be announced.
    — The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Hoblin was a former gymnast, who started pole vaulting in 2019 when Covid hit and the gyms were closed.
    — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Even the simplest skills such as a back handspring, which most elite gymnasts master by Kindergarten age, left her mind frozen with fear.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025

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