How do you use Bogey in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bogy or bogie, plus the exact meaning.
Bogey in a sentence
Related words
Bogey meaning
- A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
- The Devil.
- A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
Using Bogey
- The main meaning on this page is: A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature. | The Devil. | A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
- Useful related words include: bogy, bogie, evil spirit, score.
- In the example corpus, bogey often appears in combinations such as: bogey on, double bogey, bogey at.
Context around Bogey
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bogey
- In this selection, "bogey" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, double, triple, went, double, nine and chance stand out and add context to how "bogey" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a double bogey on the and and a bogey on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bogey" sits close to words such as altman, apprehension and archery, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bogey
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Compatriot An was disappointed to bogey his last hole for a 71. (12 words)
Another bogey from rose sees him drop to -4 at the seventh hole! (13 words)
He started bogey-bogey, then found the water on No. 3 for a double bogey. (15 words)
But his round unraveled with a quintuple-bogey nine at the par-four 13th, followed by a sextuple-bogey nine at the par-three 14th, where his tee shot found a deep bunker from which his second escape shot flew the ball to an opposite bunker. (46 words)
But the pressure of a major proved to be Pereira's undoing as he squandered a one-shot advantage on the 18th hole where he drove into a creek off the tee en route to a double-bogey that knocked him out of a playoff. (45 words)
He holed five birdies on the front nine and as he eagled the 18th, Young was hitting a double-bogey on the seventh, and when the American followed up with a bogey on the next, McIlroy was in the clubhouse with the overall lead. (44 words)
Another bogey from rose sees him drop to -4 at the seventh hole! (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
After taking a triple bogey on No 10, she went bogey-bogey-double bogey-double bogey-bogey the next five holes.
He started bogey-bogey, then found the water on No. 3 for a double bogey.
After a bogey at No. 10, Thompson rebounded with birdies at Nos. 12 and 14 before another bogey at the 16th.
But his round unraveled with a quintuple-bogey nine at the par-four 13th, followed by a sextuple-bogey nine at the par-three 14th, where his tee shot found a deep bunker from which his second escape shot flew the ball to an opposite bunker.
But the 25-year-old Japanese faltered at the finish, holing out with a wet double-bogey on the par-three No. 8 and a bogey on the last.
He holed five birdies on the front nine and as he eagled the 18th, Young was hitting a double-bogey on the seventh, and when the American followed up with a bogey on the next, McIlroy was in the clubhouse with the overall lead.
Mickelson implodes as he not only misses the bogey chance but he fails to knock in the tap-in for double bogey and suffers the blow of a triple.
A 15-time Major Champion, Woods first bogey-free round in a major championship in more than a decade and the first time in 23 Masters appearances that he opened the tournament without a bogey.
His round included four birdies at the front nine, which was however, spoiled by a double bogey five at the third hole with two more birdies at the back nine but against a bogey at the 13th.
Mickelson, who was bidding for his record-breaking sixth title here, recorded a double-bogey on the eighth hole and a bogey on the ninth as Taylor surged ahead to a five-stroke lead.
On the back, he started out double-bogey, par, triple-bogey and then finished off the day bogeying five of his final six holes to come in with a score of 86 (46-40) to sit himself tied for 36th.
One day after he made triple bogey from the fairway on No. 1, he again went from the fairway to deep grass right of the green, chipped it off the green on the other side and made double bogey.
She entered the final round tied with Galdiano for the lead, but settled for second place after a bogey and double bogey on the front nine.
Also costing himself money was Alex Cejka, who was in second alone until trying to play from the lava rocks left of the 16th green and making double bogey.
Another bogey from rose sees him drop to -4 at the seventh hole!
But the pressure of a major proved to be Pereira's undoing as he squandered a one-shot advantage on the 18th hole where he drove into a creek off the tee en route to a double-bogey that knocked him out of a playoff.
Compatriot An was disappointed to bogey his last hole for a 71.
Day stroked a brilliant, curling first putt for birdie from 44 feet to three feet, only to push his attempt for par past the hole and then also miss his try at bogey.
Denny McCarthy also played Monterey Peninsula in the morning, making eight pars and one bogey on the front nine that left him frustrated at six shots back.
Dou was the first to reach that mark before a double-bogey on No. 8 when his second shot went out of bounds over the green.
Common combinations with bogey
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bogey on 32×
- double bogey 26×
- bogey at 17×
- bogey to 11×
- and bogey 9×
- with bogey 9×
- one bogey 9×
- bogey of 7×
- triple bogey 6×
- the bogey 6×