How do you use Featherweight in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like boxer or pugilist, plus the exact meaning.
Featherweight meaning
- A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
- A sportsman who fights in this division.
- The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
Using Featherweight
- The main meaning on this page is: A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms. | A sportsman who fights in this division. | The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
- Useful related words include: boxer, pugilist, wrestler, grappler.
- In the example corpus, featherweight often appears in combinations such as: featherweight title, the featherweight, featherweight champion.
Context around Featherweight
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Featherweight
- In this selection, "featherweight" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ufc, super, japanese, title, championship and division stand out and add context to how "featherweight" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include achieves its featherweight lightness without and and japanese featherweight kenji fujita. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "featherweight" sits close to words such as accumulates, admiralty and adventurers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with featherweight
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Are you excited for Janai Kai as the new featherweight champion in MLW? (13 words)
Regardless, the ExpertBook B9450 is extremely light and achieves its featherweight lightness without feeling cheap. (15 words)
Edinburgh-born boxer Alex Arthur, who held two world super featherweight titles in 2007, was also at the memorial. (19 words)
Charles Jourdain has shown flashes of greatness but he’s just 2-2 in his last four fights and is on a two fight losing streak, now his back is kind of against the wall here as another loss would more or less end his journey up the featherweight ranks. (50 words)
In total, Team Nigerian won six medals at the tournament with three gold medals claimed by the winners in the finals and three bronze medals secured by Adeola Oyesiji in the flyweight, Nene Ojo in the featherweight, and Patricia Mbata in the middleweight. (43 words)
Joanderson Brito has gone 3-1 in the UFC and is on a three fight winning streak and if he can slow the momentum of Pearce it could signify that Britois the rising force at featherweight we should all be watching closely. (42 words)
Are you excited for Janai Kai as the new featherweight champion in MLW? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
The featherweight bout between Rodex “The Tank” Piala and Japanese featherweight Kenji Fujita will take place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on June 1st for the WBO Asia Pacific Featherweight Championship.
He now trails only former champion Jose Aldo's seven on the score of featherweight title defences and has been undefeated in the featherweight division for almost seven years.
The main event will pit Nigerian Ridwan Oyekola versus Japanese Keisuke Matsumoto for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia Pacific featherweight title and the Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) Japanese featherweight strap.
Vargas has quietly made his impact on the sport as he won the WBC title in both the junior featherweight and featherweight divisions.
Holloway carried the UFC featherweight title with him that night, Volkanovski was the No. 1 ranked contender in the official UFC featherweight rankings.
Dib's last bout back in April was at lightweight but most of his professional fights have been at featherweight, including two unsuccessful cracks at super featherweight world title.
Alexander Volkanovski solidified his grip on the featherweight title at UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, while Alexandre Pantoja continued to mystify Brandon Moreno.
Allen felt he was as good as guaranteed a featherweight title shot if he found a way past Holloway but he was punished for a sluggish start.
Are you excited for Janai Kai as the new featherweight champion in MLW?
Charles Jourdain has shown flashes of greatness but he’s just 2-2 in his last four fights and is on a two fight losing streak, now his back is kind of against the wall here as another loss would more or less end his journey up the featherweight ranks.
Edinburgh-born boxer Alex Arthur, who held two world super featherweight titles in 2007, was also at the memorial.
Featherweight king Volkanovski was a whopping 181lbs when he got the call to fill in for the injured Oliveira.
In total, Team Nigerian won six medals at the tournament with three gold medals claimed by the winners in the finals and three bronze medals secured by Adeola Oyesiji in the flyweight, Nene Ojo in the featherweight, and Patricia Mbata in the middleweight.
It was indeed a difficult night for five-and-a-half rounds before Frampton’s corner saved their fighter, ending his hopes of leaving Dubai with the WBO super-featherweight title.
Joanderson Brito has gone 3-1 in the UFC and is on a three fight winning streak and if he can slow the momentum of Pearce it could signify that Britois the rising force at featherweight we should all be watching closely.
Most fighters will tell you they don't even think about losing in the build-up to a fight, but UFC featherweight king Alex Volkanovski isn't most fighters.
Next week’s show has Alex Hammerstone vs. Jacob Fatu for the MLW Heavyweight Championship, and Taya Valkyrie vs. Billie Starkz for the MLW Featherweight Championship.
One of the defining features of corn cob pipes is their featherweight construction, making them a comfortable and easy-to-handle choice for smokers of all backgrounds.
Padilla also revealed that they would continue to build up Melindo’s knockout power, speed, and energy to keep up in the highly-competitive featherweight division.
Regardless, the ExpertBook B9450 is extremely light and achieves its featherweight lightness without feeling cheap.
Common combinations with featherweight
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: