On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Handball. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as ball and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Handball meaning
- A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
- The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
- The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
Synonyms of Handball
Using Handball
- The main meaning on this page is: A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. | The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport. | The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
- Useful related words include: ball, court game.
- In the example corpus, handball often appears in combinations such as: for handball, handball in, the handball.
Context around Handball
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Handball
- In this selection, "handball" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, metz, unicycle, team, team, club and league stand out and add context to how "handball" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 8th minute handball 24th and and a harsh handball in injury. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "handball" sits close to words such as announcer, aubameyang and californians, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with handball
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Metz Handball is a Team Handball club. (7 words)
Unicycle handball Unicycle handball uses a handball -sized ball. (9 words)
Handball Team handball is the third most popular sport in Limburg. (11 words)
Alexander Isak put Newcastle in front in the first half but the Premier League side were unable to hang on for the win as Tino Livramento was punished for a harsh handball in injury time, which allowed Mbappe to equalise from the penalty spot. (44 words)
Metz Handball has won the French Women's First League championship 20 times, the French Women's League Cup eight times and the Women's France Cup seven times. citation The Metz Arena has been the home of Metz Handball since 2002. (42 words)
Nigeria’s men’s handball team, the Golden Arrows, fell short in their opening match of the 26th African Men’s Handball Cup, losing 26-24 to Angola in a thrilling encounter. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
This public gymnasium is partner school for the handball project of the local ThSV Eisenach handball club which is one of clubs playing in Germany's first league ( Handball Bundesliga ).
Unicycle handball Unicycle handball uses a handball -sized ball.
I still think after that (the handball) we should deal with it better but the play should've been stopped - it's a handball.
Nigeria’s men’s handball team, the Golden Arrows, fell short in their opening match of the 26th African Men’s Handball Cup, losing 26-24 to Angola in a thrilling encounter.
The new Croke Park Handball Arena was the venue for the All-Ireland 40x20 Silver Masters A championship final, one of the blue-ribbon events of handball in Ireland.
The Handball League season will commence with the 2020 Prudent Energy Handball League phase one in Abuja in May while the second phase will hold in October 2020.
The school entered teams in handball, 3x3 basketball, volleyball and touch, winning both the girls and boys handball.
Sam Ocheho, the President of Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN), says he is delighted with participants’ turnout at the National U-12 and U-15 Handball Championships which got underway on Saturday.
Handball Team handball is the third most popular sport in Limburg.
Metz Handball has won the French Women's First League championship 20 times, the French Women's League Cup eight times and the Women's France Cup seven times. citation The Metz Arena has been the home of Metz Handball since 2002.
Metz Handball is a Team Handball club.
Some national bodies, such as the Deutsche Handball Bund (DHB, "German Handball Federation"), allow substitution in junior teams only when in ball possession or during timeouts.
The Tunisia national handball team has participated in several handball world championships.
A few appeals for handball but never in a million years.
After five wins in a row recently, Dortmund conceded goals through Omar Marmoush (8th minute/handball/24th) and Farés Chaibi (68th) a week before the big match against FC Bayern Munich.
A gut-wrenching sending-off for handball outside of his box means the 30-year-old will miss the Carabao Cup final this weekend.
A Jack Grealish handball in the box gave them the lifeline and Bruno Fernandes slotted home from the penalty spot under immense pressure.
Alexander Isak put Newcastle in front in the first half but the Premier League side were unable to hang on for the win as Tino Livramento was punished for a harsh handball in injury time, which allowed Mbappe to equalise from the penalty spot.
And Saros — and even Swayman — may not be the only netminders who fall victim to Pastrnak’s handball-inspired curveball.
And they felt as though they should have had a penalty shortly after their goal when a handball in the box went unpunished.
Common combinations with handball
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- for handball 37×
- handball in 18×
- the handball 16×
- handball team 12×
- of handball 10×
- handball and 9×
- handball but 8×
- handball by 8×
- handball federation 7×
- handball against 6×