How do you use Playmaker in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like player or participant, plus the exact meaning.
Playmaker meaning
- A playwright.
- A sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score.
Synonyms of Playmaker
Using Playmaker
- The main meaning on this page is: A playwright. | A sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score.
- Useful related words include: player, participant.
- In the example corpus, playmaker often appears in combinations such as: the playmaker, playmaker for, playmaker in.
Context around Playmaker
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Playmaker
- In this selection, "playmaker" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, veteran, city, impact, ruan, fabio and kai stand out and add context to how "playmaker" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the playmaker took a and an elegant playmaker during his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "playmaker" sits close to words such as adored, afterlife and approves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with playmaker
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Proctor showed promise as a playmaker and elite defender. (9 words)
Dragan Stojković was an elegant playmaker during his career on the pitch. (12 words)
And now Jordan claims that the supposed bid for the City playmaker is false. (14 words)
Cine had flashed excellent skills in practice and looked like he might develop into a playmaker before he suffered a compound fracture of his left leg and dislocation of his left ankle. (32 words)
Cheetahs coach Hawies Fourie has hailed the performance of veteran playmaker Ruan Pienaar after the 39-year-old steered the Bloemfontein-based team into the Currie Cup final on Saturday. (30 words)
City have won just one of their last six games in the Premier League so having their playmaker-in-chief close to a return will come as a welcome boost. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
And now Jordan claims that the supposed bid for the City playmaker is false.
And on Sunday as he sat on the sideline at full time with a busted hamstring and tears in his eyes, the veteran playmaker's dream came true.
A stout run blocker with strong contested catch ability, Mayer will be a high-volume target and immediate-impact playmaker for Green Bay.
Beale insists there is no expected date on when the playmaker will return to training as he continues his recovery from a long-term injury.
Cheetahs coach Hawies Fourie has hailed the performance of veteran playmaker Ruan Pienaar after the 39-year-old steered the Bloemfontein-based team into the Currie Cup final on Saturday.
Cine had flashed excellent skills in practice and looked like he might develop into a playmaker before he suffered a compound fracture of his left leg and dislocation of his left ankle.
City have won just one of their last six games in the Premier League so having their playmaker-in-chief close to a return will come as a welcome boost.
Dragan Stojković was an elegant playmaker during his career on the pitch.
Former Fulham playmaker Fabio Carvalho has suffered a tough start to his loan spell at RB Leipzig.
Garland has much more space to operate as a playmaker, and has had more open looks as a result.
He ended up being a playmaker and late-game scorer when the rest of his teammates were struggling.
He joins alongside the former Ajax defender Jurrien Timber and the ex-Chelsea playmaker Kai Havertz.
He’s a distributor and a playmaker first and he has the bodily instruments to be loopy on offense.
He showed no rustiness and donned both the role of a goal-scorer as well as that of a playmaker in an outing that excited the supporters to no end.
He’s not just a complementary piece, similar to how Sir’Jabari Rice grew into a critical scorer and playmaker for Texas last season.
However, the 33-year-old playmaker doesn’t feel there will be much difference over the course of the afternoon.
It comes after the playmaker took a sensational swipe at manager Erik ten Hag following Sunday’s defeat to Arsenal.
Johnson spoke in February about playing with a six, an eight, and a ten in midfield – essentially a defensive midfielder, a box-to-box, and a playmaker.
Now, Sexton will have the opportunity to prove he can be an effective starting playmaker on a winning team.
Proctor showed promise as a playmaker and elite defender.
Common combinations with playmaker
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the playmaker 19×
- playmaker for 12×
- playmaker in 11×
- playmaker and 10×
- as playmaker 8×
- of playmaker 7×
- playmaker is 6×
- and playmaker 6×
- playmaker to 6×
- playmaker has 5×