Explore Assists through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Assists meaning
plural of assist
Using Assists
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of assist
- In the example corpus, assists often appears in combinations such as: assists and, assists in, two assists.
Context around Assists
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 16 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Assists
- In this selection, "assists" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, four, six, five, per, tallying and hannah stand out and add context to how "assists" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 129 total assists and 4, 2 4 assists per 40, two assists, five assists and assists per. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "assists" sits close to words such as maintaining, privacy and traveling, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with assists
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Paxton Hunley had five assists and Raegan Beverly had three assists. (11 words)
Kreider has nine goals and three assists, Zibanejad two goals and eight assists. (13 words)
Offensively, Peterson (six goals, two assists in 2022) and Strong (three goals, six assists) are top returners up front. (19 words)
Denver finished with 20 assists on 36 made shots from the field and had nearly as many assists, 16. Jamal Murray was the only Nuggets player to record more than five assists, tallying six, but he also committed four of Denver’s turnovers. (43 words)
The Serbian star had six assists to spot Denver to a 27-18 lead right out of the gate before he had even attempted a single shot, the most first-quarter assists in an NBA Finals game in 25 years. (40 words)
She led Seton Hall and ranked fourth in the Big East Conference with 129 total assists and 4.2 assists per game and led Seton Hall in assists in 20 games this season. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Denver finished with 20 assists on 36 made shots from the field and had nearly as many assists, 16. Jamal Murray was the only Nuggets player to record more than five assists, tallying six, but he also committed four of Denver’s turnovers.
She led Seton Hall and ranked fourth in the Big East Conference with 129 total assists and 4.2 assists per game and led Seton Hall in assists in 20 games this season.
Also contributing were Vincent Rielly (five steals, four points, four assists, three rebounds), Jovan Prince (four points, one rebound) and Colt Herndon (four assists, three steals, two points).
Andy Batista led the way with 17 points and four assists while Jayden Welch chipped in with 16 points and five assists.
Assists are the ideal indicator to determine a player’s passing ability, but Epps dished out only 2.4 assists per 40 minutes this past season (sub-12 percent assist rate).
Booker shot 14-for-18 with 12 assists while Durant added 11 rebounds and six assists to help Phoenix win their second straight game.
Bouchard finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists for Lawrence, which also got double figures from Bri Poulin (12 points, 10 rebounds) and Higgins (10 points, four rebounds, four assists).
But while he has seven goals (and six assists) for the season, taking his overall totals to 22 goals and 10 assists from 64 games, he is currently entrenched in a goalscoring drought.
Cailey Trosch scored twice, Mary Quinlan had a goal and three assists Hannah Hudack a goal and two assists and Katerina Tsambis a goal and an assist for the Raiders.
Draisaitl has 10 goals and 20 assists in the postseason, including six points through three games of this series (three goals, three assists).
He then returned to help close it out, closing with eight assists, with the Heat with 31 assists on their 37 baskets.
In addition, the Colorado native sits top-5 in the nation in assist/turnover ratio, assists, assists per game, and triple doubles.
Jacob Hammonds scored 13 points with three assists, Ayhem Allan had 11 points with five rebounds and Tre Lewis had eight points, 14 rebounds and three assists.
Katherin Lowery had two aces, two kills and four assists for St. Pauls, Ava Monroe had four kills and Cierra Jones had one ace, two kills and two assists.
Kreider has nine goals and three assists, Zibanejad two goals and eight assists.
Offensively, Peterson (six goals, two assists in 2022) and Strong (three goals, six assists) are top returners up front.
Paxton Hunley had five assists and Raegan Beverly had three assists.
Right now he’s leading the OHL in playoff goals, assists, power play goals, power play assists, insurance goals and plus-minus.
The previous record of 47 assists, set in 2009 by Rochelle VanBuskirk, is now replaced by Fregoso’s 48 assists.
The Serbian star had six assists to spot Denver to a 27-18 lead right out of the gate before he had even attempted a single shot, the most first-quarter assists in an NBA Finals game in 25 years.
Phrases with assists
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with assists
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: