Punter is an English word with synonyms like boatman or boater. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Punter in a sentence
Related words
Punter meaning
One who rows or poles a punt (pontoon).
Using Punter
- The main meaning on this page is: One who rows or poles a punt (pontoon).
- Useful related words include: boatman, boater, waterman, kicker.
- In the example corpus, punter often appears in combinations such as: the punter, punter in, and punter.
Context around Punter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Punter
- In this selection, "punter" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, senior, best, bronco, hunter, luke and saw stand out and add context to how "punter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a new punter and advantage at punter. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "punter" sits close to words such as academically, bane and boosters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with punter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But Pittsburgh needs a new punter. (6 words)
It all started with a punter! (6 words)
And Seattle has a clear advantage at punter. (8 words)
I’m not going to sit here and pretend to know tons and tons about this guy, but I will say that he was high on my list for what I wanted in a punter after seeing the reports that Joe Goodberry and Jake Liscow create each year. (48 words)
In fact, Martin, who has been the punter for the since 2013, has been better than the Bronco punter in every season he has been in the league with the exception of 2017 when he was injured. (37 words)
Senior punter Hunter Renner, who had a pair of first quarter shanks against Duke, is averaging 38.4 yards per punt through three games — nearly three yards fewer than backup senior punter Luke Akers in 2022. (36 words)
It all started with a punter! (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
Senior punter Hunter Renner, who had a pair of first quarter shanks against Duke, is averaging 38.4 yards per punt through three games — nearly three yards fewer than backup senior punter Luke Akers in 2022.
In fact, Martin, who has been the punter for the since 2013, has been better than the Bronco punter in every season he has been in the league with the exception of 2017 when he was injured.
After that the punter saw Grey Dawning win at 3-1, Iwilldoit claim the Wigley Group Classic Handicap Chase at 11-1 and West Balboa the Handicap Hurdle at 14-1.
And Seattle has a clear advantage at punter.
Baringer isn’t a roster lock as a sixth-round pick, but he was the best punter in this draft.
But long snapper Joe Cardona delivered high snaps on both misses and punter Bryce Baringer could’ve done a better job as the holder.
But Pittsburgh needs a new punter.
Carson Beck announced this week that he will return to Georgia for his senior season, and Bulldogs punter Brett Thorson had a priceless reaction to the big news.
Excellent college football punter who averaged 43.9 yards per punt throughout his career.
He looked like a guy who can bring a spark there is a punter who goofs up.
I’d love to see an upgrade at punter like everyone else, but my thought is that they’re just not planning to punt this year.
If you didn’t think the Pats needed a kicker or a punter, you didn’t even watch last season.
I’m not going to sit here and pretend to know tons and tons about this guy, but I will say that he was high on my list for what I wanted in a punter after seeing the reports that Joe Goodberry and Jake Liscow create each year.
It all started with a punter!
It wouldn’t be surprising, though, to see a punter and/or kicker pick in Round 5 after the inevitable flurry of draft-day trades.
Kevin Elsner will handle the kicking and punter duties for special teams for his final season at Sumner HS.
Lennard would have to attempt the punt three times after two penalties but the strong leg of the Longhorn punter pinned the Stingrays with their backs at their own goal line.
Pro Football Focus graded Mann as their fourth-best punter in 2022.
The Edmonton Elks mascot Punter with some of the Elks players.
The former Indianapolis Colts punter is cashing out in his post-playing career, as he’s walking away from a four-year $120 million deal he had with FanDuel.
Common combinations with punter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the punter 17×
- punter in 11×
- and punter 11×
- punter who 9×
- punter and 9×
- as punter 8×
- kicker punter 5×
- senior punter 4×
- at punter 4×
- new punter 4×