How to Use locker-room in a Sentence

locker-room

1 of 2 adjective
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  • Make some friends with players on the team, being in a locker-room setting again.
    — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Just by flashing his aw-shucks grin, Wiggins can ease locker-room tensions.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
  • So pulling Xavier into the locker-room revelry and giving him the ball after the most impressive game of Tatum’s life was an easy choice.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
  • The tent soon has a locker-room aroma, and people fan themselves sluggishly with paper plates and Bibles.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • The access provided glimpses of the team’s workouts, games, Phillips’ locker-room talks and lighter moments away from the gymnasium.
    — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • But Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a dissent, noted that for years the coach had led students in locker-room prayers.
    — Linda K. Wertheimer, The New Republic, 30 May 2023
  • Jordan cries during the locker-room celebration and receives the first of six Finals MVP awards.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The presence of my column on locker-room bulletin boards is second only to its presence on bathroom floors.
    — David Scott, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Refreshed by some locker-room AC and a halftime tactical tweak to better cover wide areas, the U.S. looked better in the second half and had more chances.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • The longtime locker-room leader took a massive pay cut last offseason to stay in Carolina.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2024
  • Though few doubt Kuminga’s upside, the Warriors don’t want his frustrations over playing time to cause locker-room friction.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2023
  • There is gossip, lots of locker-room talk and constant jockeying to undermine other teams.
    — Karla Miller, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
  • The notice also paints a picture of a department with a locker-room atmosphere, where Kwong and some of his staff were fixated on the genitalia of patients.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • So smash goes the jar in a locker-room sequence that brings Sam’s ugliest fears to the fore, unleashing the ravenous supernatural force trapped inside.
    — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Another slightly under-the-radar player who could become a locker-room leader is 2023 All-Star Brent Rooker.
    — Haley Smilow, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Also, forward Blake Griffin, who provided a solid locker-room presence and good bench minutes for the Celtics last season, remains a free agent.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The elation led to the usual on-court and locker-room celebrations, but exhaustion after grinding through four games in five days set in once the Stormers piled onto the bus for the three-plus hour trek back to Milwaukee.
    — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Ferraro is also second among all Sharks defensemen with nine points, but more importantly, is a vocal leader and a big locker-room presence on a team that began the year with a ton of new faces.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Blake Griffin, an unrestricted free agent, was a solid veteran locker-room presence and had some useful moments down the stretch of the regular season.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • Then, at halftime, locker-room cameras show an assistant coach ripping into both players for their bickering.
    — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 6 May 2023
  • Pay disparities within a team could create locker-room friction.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Then a locker-room conversation between doctors led to the diagnosis.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • And New Mexico State’s men’s basketball season was shut down in February because of a fatal shooting and allegations of locker-room hazing.
    — Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • And New Mexico State's men's basketball season was shut down in February because of a fatal shooting and allegations of locker-room hazing.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Instead, the show trudged through locker-room rivalries, boardroom subplots, and the business machinations of the owner, Jerry Buss, before finally staging a tip-off halfway through, for Magic’s first Lakers game.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Vincent is also regarded as a tremendous locker-room presence and was incredibly well-liked in Miami.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
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locker room

2 of 2 noun
  • Will the team be amenable to uses of the field and the locker rooms?
    — Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024
  • That’s going to be a hard sell in the Ravens’ locker room.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2023
  • That’s a credit to the culture in that room and in the locker room.
    — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Being in the locker room with the guys, those are the best times that stick out in my mind.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The last of the light had headed toward the locker room.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Reeve spent time with Griner in the locker room after the game.
    — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Players had to walk up four flights of stairs to reach the cramped locker rooms.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Spreading the field Every running back in the A&M locker room touched the ball in the win.
    — Grant Gaspard, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Then he was placed on a cart on the sideline and driven back to the locker room.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The passion each has for the game and for teammates resonates in the locker room.
    — Calvin Watkins The Dallas Morning News, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
  • There’s no hanging out in the locker room or any of that.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Coming out of the locker room on fire, France opened up a 10-point lead on the US.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Foles is still sore from the hit, though McLeod talked to him in the locker room Monday.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Kelce limped off the field and was sent to the locker room for x-rays as his team finished the first half.
    — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Of all the tired legs in that locker room, the kid who helped beat the Heat last June might need a breather more than most.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Hafley sensed in the locker room that his players were down.
    — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Patrick met with his team and staff Wednesday morning in the locker room of the Nest, the school’s cozy gym.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
  • Both went to the locker room for further tests and were back on the sideline in the third quarter.
    — Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The air came out of the balloon when Surtain headed to the locker room.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Alcaraz and Zverev ducked for cover in the locker room.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Any issues were left in the locker room, and L.S.U. started to mesh on the court as the season went on.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
  • In the first half, Cardinals tight end Zach Ertz went to the locker room on a cart.
    — Emily Horos, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2022
  • On the mood in the locker room: The standard here, man, is excellence.
    — Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Phillips was spotted walking out of the locker room with his right arm in a sling.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The miscreants skated to the locker rooms, their games over.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Allen went out, returned, then went to the locker room, returned, and scored again.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The news rapidly reached the Blazers locker room, as well.
    — oregonlive, 24 Jan. 2023
  • When both teams went into the locker room after the first half, Mack had 15 points.
    — Jaden Lewis, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The Canadian hockey team shared fun footage of Dion in the locker room.
    — Megan Johnson, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
  • He was immediately taken to the medical tent on the sideline before being carted off to the locker room.
    — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024

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