How to Use halfback in a Sentence

halfback

noun
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  • And on the next play, halfback Curtis Samuel ran the ball in 15 yards for the win.
    — Marc Tracy, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2016
  • This was a two-halfback thing, last seen in the days of Amos Alonzo Stagg.
    — Mark Bradley, ajc, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The halfback has missed the last three games with a hamstring injury.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 24 Oct. 2021
  • John was an all-state halfback at Lawrence High School.
    — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Late in the game, a sweep play turned into a halfback pass that went for a touchdown to clinch the win.
    — Marco Cummings, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Auburn’s first 1,000-yard rusher, Gafford was a halfback and wingback in the pros.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Then the halfback’s cell phone rang—turns out, Rosenhaus was on the other line.
    — SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Hall of Fame halfback won three NFL championships and earned a spot on the 1930s all-decade team.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The play that comes to mind is the halfback pitch to Micah Bernard late in the third quarter at Florida.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The halfback known as Johnny Blood was one of the game's first big receiving threats.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Out of the wishbone, the Colts lined up middle linebacker Austin Young at halfback.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The only player in the Hall of Fame with fewer games is Joe Guyon, a triple-threat halfback from the 1920s.
    — Nat Newell, Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Mary again went to the workhorse on a halfback toss, but the ball popped out on a hit from Streetsboro’s Chris Golson.
    — cleveland, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Now, as The Wall Street Journal reports, halfback-ing is on the upswing.
    — Southern Living, 16 May 2018
  • Walsh said — from the get-go and included a 65-yard double pass from halfback Nate Sanchez to Loville.
    — Mitch Stephens, SFChronicle.com, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Middleton was a halfback at Auburn and an SEC 100-yard dash champ.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 17 Apr. 2023
  • There was also a big run on a direct snap to a halfback and a couple of onside kicks.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Threw a halfback pass for a TD in fourth quarter to beat Aragon, a win Cap needed to share league title.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Okonkwo can generate yards after the catch, block and line up as a halfback, the kind of skill set the Ravens covet in a run-heavy scheme.
    — Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The halfback pass staked the visiting Lions to a 7-0 early lead.
    — Randy Kennedy, al, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Third-year halfback Chase Edmonds will get a crack at being the every-down back for the first time in his career, his fourth with the team.
    — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • His effect is hard to explain in an age when fullbacks are going the way of the defensive halfback and the drop kick.
    — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • The first recipient was Fred Gehrke, the Rams halfback who devised the idea of a helmet logo in 1948.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May 2022
  • On Sunday night, the Patriots got 72 yards - 26% of their total - on a flea flicker and a halfback pass.
    — Adam Kilgore, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The Cowboys tried two other halfback passes, but the Hawks defused them.
    — Lynn Ramsey, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2020
  • With Barkley out, veteran Dion Lewis took over at halfback.
    — Tom Canavan, Star Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Donovan Snyder caught a 63-yard pass on a halfback option to start a Cavemen drive.
    — Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2017
  • Dawkins, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1958 while playing halfback at West Point, happened to be on campus at the same time.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 13 July 2019
  • Cristobal said Wednesday that the pair of halfbacks are getting closer to playing again.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
  • Doak Walker was a halfback, George Blanda a quarterback.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2024

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