Below you will find example sentences with "playoff appearances". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Playoff Appearances in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: appearances
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23 words

Words in this phrase

playoff appearances

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • playoff can mean: A final game in a series needed to break a tie. Frequent word
  • appearances can mean: plural of appearance Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and nine playoff appearances over his 1× and the playoff appearances were great 1× college football playoff appearances and two 1× college football playoff appearances for the 1× college football playoff appearances from 2015 1× five straight playoff appearances and is 1× four playoff appearances across 10 1× has more playoff appearances than watson 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

acquired by the 1× after getting pushed 1× beginning in 2006 1× clemson football popularity 1× fangraphs isn t 1× for pugliese crawford 1×

Common sentence endings:

50 playoff appearances 1× aa playoff appearances 1× accomplish the feat 1× across 10 years 1× american professional sports 1× appearances than watson 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

football 4× six 4× conference 4× years 3× new 3× orleans 3× college 3× straight 3× first 3× four 3× seasons 3× postseason 2×

Related phrases

playoff game football playoff guest appearances playoff series first playoff playoff berth playoff games playoff spot four appearances plate appearances

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around appearances:

four appearances 5× plate appearances 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

playing alongside players explore play vital play store plausible explanation platform formerly

Just after it in the phrase index:

playoff berth playoff game playoff games playoff series playoff spot playoffs last

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

playoff game playoff series playoff berth playoff games playoff spot

Same ending:

guest appearances four appearances plate appearances

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "playoff appearances" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 23 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and nine playoff appearances over his, and the playoff appearances were great, football, six and conference stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with playoff game, football playoff, guest appearances, four appearances and plate appearances, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with playoff appearances

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Four playoff appearances across 10 years? (6 words)

FanGraphs isn't high on the Brewers making back-to-back playoff appearances. (13 words)

Jackson, of course, is a former MVP and has more playoff appearances than Watson. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

He’s spent the three seasons since helping revamp the New Orleans offense, transforming Drew Brees’ aerial attack into a more sustainable unit and pushing the club to back-to-back playoff appearances, including the NFC’s top seed in 2018. (41 words)

After getting pushed out of San Diego to make way for Phillip Rivers, Brees and his reconstructed throwing shoulder landed in New Orleans and spearheaded the first of nine playoff appearances in 15 seasons. (34 words)

The Islanders’ victory also eliminated Pittsburgh from the postseason race, ending the Penguins’ run of playoff appearances at 16 years, which was the longest active playoff streak in major North American professional sports. (33 words)

Question examples

Four playoff appearances across 10 years? (6 words)

Example sentences (20)

The Islanders’ victory also eliminated Pittsburgh from the postseason race, ending the Penguins’ run of playoff appearances at 16 years, which was the longest active playoff streak in major North American professional sports.

Beginning in 2006, Payton led New Orleans to a division-leading seven NFC South championships and nine playoff appearances over his tenure.

Clemson football popularity, thanks to six consecutive College Football Playoff appearances and two national titles from 2015-2020, has been booming.

In addition, Bednar has led the Avalanche to five straight playoff appearances — and is closing in on a sixth — to become the first Avalanche coach to accomplish the feat.

Jackson, of course, is a former MVP and has more playoff appearances than Watson.

The Tigers made six straight College Football Playoff appearances from 2015 through 2020, but has been outside the final four the past two years.

They have now put together six straight playoff appearances — although they’ve yet to reach the conference finals in that span.

They have reached at least the conference finals in their past six playoff appearances, reaching the Super Bowl twice, but losing.

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Well, in every one of his three long term appointments, Tortorella missed the playoffs in his first full season, before following that year with a streak of playoff appearances.

With potential Big Ten Championship Game and College Football Playoff appearances for the Wolverines hanging in the balance, it’s a tough spot for the conference to be in.

Acquired by the Heat last month, Rozier began his career with four seasons with the Celtics that saw him make 50 playoff appearances.

After getting pushed out of San Diego to make way for Phillip Rivers, Brees and his reconstructed throwing shoulder landed in New Orleans and spearheaded the first of nine playoff appearances in 15 seasons.

For Pugliese, Crawford and Coleman, all seniors, closing their careers with consecutive playoff appearances was important.

That run included three conference titles and the same amount of Division I-AA playoff appearances.

The postseason continued to be an unforgiving place for the Lightning (9-5-2), who have fallen as the higher seed in each of their playoff appearances dating back to 2018.

Four playoff appearances across 10 years?

Of course, the team has not won the Super Bowl since and each of those playoff appearances have left fans desiring more.

The championships were great and the playoff appearances were great, but the relationships were greater.

FanGraphs isn't high on the Brewers making back-to-back playoff appearances.

He’s spent the three seasons since helping revamp the New Orleans offense, transforming Drew Brees’ aerial attack into a more sustainable unit and pushing the club to back-to-back playoff appearances, including the NFC’s top seed in 2018.

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