Explore Hurdler through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like athlete or jock. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hurdler meaning
An athlete who competes in the hurdling event.
Using Hurdler
- The main meaning on this page is: An athlete who competes in the hurdling event.
- Useful related words include: athlete, jock.
- In the example corpus, hurdler often appears in combinations such as: as hurdler.
Context around Hurdler
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hurdler
- In this selection, "hurdler" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, finest, berthoud, young, evie, jayden and maria stand out and add context to how "hurdler" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 400 metres hurdler jaheel hyde and and freshman hurdler whitney ochiam. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hurdler" sits close to words such as aboriginals, abstractly and accidentals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hurdler
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In this case, that hurdler was Lolo Jones. (8 words)
Berthoud hurdler Jayden Michaelis also had an outstanding day. (9 words)
The useful hurdler made rapid headway with wins on his first three runs over fences. (15 words)
Faugheen was pulled up with a circuit to run in the Betway Hurdle, while Melon fell while still leading three out, interfering with Buveur d’Air, which gave Supasundae first run and the former Champion hurdler could never get back at him. (42 words)
Biography Akii-Bua was raised in a family of 43 children from one father and his eight wives. citation Akii-Bua started his athletic career as a short-distance hurdler, but failed to qualify for the 1968 Olympics. (38 words)
Alfonza Smith coaches the Chargers, and has returning seniors Richmeal Augustin and Misael Serrano who placed last year in the long jump and triple jump at the district and regional meet, and state qualifying hurdler Niles Hunte. (37 words)
Example sentences (18)
Hurdler Evie Elliott took third in her u15 girls’ heat with 9.47 and then produced 9.49 but just missed out on the final.
State Man, who has finished each of his starts for Mullins except his loss in the Champion Hurdle to Constitution Hill, is arguably still his finest hurdler.
Berthoud hurdler Jayden Michaelis also had an outstanding day.
Blake, who’d trained as a hurdler in his native Jamaica, happened to be at the Apple Bowl one day with his brother after the family had immigrated to Canada and settled in Kelowna in 2013.
In this case, that hurdler was Lolo Jones.
Mister Meggit looks an exciting young hurdler, who may make up into a chaser – like many of Hemmings' most famous horses in future.
The useful hurdler made rapid headway with wins on his first three runs over fences.
Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, who made this known, gave the name of the other sportspeople as ex-boxer Isaac Ikhuoria, ex-hurdler Maria Usifo, Yusuf Ali and Paralympian Esther Oyema.
On Saturday, one of America’s best-known Olympians, hurdler and bobsledder Lolo Jones, told the AP she was hoping the IOC would respond with a postponement.
Faugheen was pulled up with a circuit to run in the Betway Hurdle, while Melon fell while still leading three out, interfering with Buveur d’Air, which gave Supasundae first run and the former Champion hurdler could never get back at him.
Participant Nafeesat Aliu, a runner and hurdler, admitted to having no experience in either bobsled or skeleton but said she was inspired by Adigun’s pep talk.
She will battle with Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Dutch distance running star Sifan Hassan, American hurdler Dalilah Muhammad and Venezuelan triple jumper Julimar Rojas.
Alfonza Smith coaches the Chargers, and has returning seniors Richmeal Augustin and Misael Serrano who placed last year in the long jump and triple jump at the district and regional meet, and state qualifying hurdler Niles Hunte.
In the women’s 60-meter hurdles, junior multis Kylah Smith ended with 8.47 and freshman hurdler Whitney Ochiam with 8.74.
In the year 2,000, Bowie again sent a hurdler to the state finals, where Dean Loper earned sixth place in the 110-meter hurdle race.
National 400-metres hurdler, Jaheel Hyde, says the 115 athletes selected for the Commonwealth Games intends to give the country something to cheer about.
Plymouth's GB Sprint Hurdler David King was left in shock upon seeing the footage, describing it as "disgusting behaviour".
Biography Akii-Bua was raised in a family of 43 children from one father and his eight wives. citation Akii-Bua started his athletic career as a short-distance hurdler, but failed to qualify for the 1968 Olympics.
Common combinations with hurdler
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as hurdler 2×