Punting is an English word with synonyms like punt or kick. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Punting meaning
present participle and gerund of punt
Using Punting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of punt
- Useful related words include: punt, kick, boot, kicking.
- In the example corpus, punting often appears in combinations such as: punting the, punting on, in punting.
Context around Punting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Punting
- In this selection, "punting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, quickly, zentner, include, average, yards and efficiencynot stand out and add context to how "punting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 64 and punting yards 2 and cfl in punting average six. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "punting" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, acacia and accrington, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with punting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The punting continued after that play. (6 words)
Midway through the 2014 season, Lutz’s duties expanded to include punting. (12 words)
Brad Robbins dead last in punting efficiencyNot a great start for the rookie. (13 words)
Cambridge is home to the world's third oldest university and famous for punting trips on the River Cam, whereas Milton Keynes has repeatedly found itself in lists of the UK's and is well-known for a large number of roundabouts. (42 words)
Nick Sirianni explains punting on 4th-and-2 and leaving Eagles starters in down 23 pointsThe Eagles head coach emphasized having to coach better to get things cleaned up, and gave credit to the 49ers for being a really good team. (41 words)
Instead, Congress does one of three things: 1) Nothing at all 2) Write deliberately vague legislation punting hard decisions to Cabinet secretaries and administrators or 3) Lobby the executive branch to do things Congress is too cowardly to do itself. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ilesic led the CFL in punting average six times and holds the Grey Cup records for most punts (64) and punting yards (2,735).
After a sack on Russell Wilson and a running back screen for no gain, the Broncos were quickly punting it away after the failed third and 19 attempt.
Brad Robbins dead last in punting efficiencyNot a great start for the rookie.
Eppler said earlier in the weekend that the club won’t be “punting 2024″ but they don’t plan to load up for a championship run either.
In fact, the Eagles had Arryn Siposs and undrafted rookie free agent Ty Zentner punting right of the media, almost as if they heard my pre-practice pleas.
Midway through the 2014 season, Lutz’s duties expanded to include punting.
Nick Sirianni explains punting on 4th-and-2 and leaving Eagles starters in down 23 pointsThe Eagles head coach emphasized having to coach better to get things cleaned up, and gave credit to the 49ers for being a really good team.
The Huskers won’t think twice about punting the ball away on 4th and 2 from the Michigan 40.
The punting continued after that play.
When the drive stalled, the Golden Bears once again kept the Bisons on the field as De Rosa was roughed while punting for the second week in a row.
A penalty here and a missed opportunity there, and Rehkow was punting again.
Cambridge is home to the world's third oldest university and famous for punting trips on the River Cam, whereas Milton Keynes has repeatedly found itself in lists of the UK's and is well-known for a large number of roundabouts.
He was not in the NFL this season until he was chosen by the Giants from a punting tryout this past Friday after earlier in the day straining his left (kicking) leg in practice.
Instead, Congress does one of three things: 1) Nothing at all 2) Write deliberately vague legislation punting hard decisions to Cabinet secretaries and administrators or 3) Lobby the executive branch to do things Congress is too cowardly to do itself.
Kai Kroeger has an outside shot at completing his career as South Carolina's all-time leader in punting average.
Lappin recorded the second-best punting average in a game in McNeese history with a 51.2 mark on six punts.
That brought up a fourth-and-5, and Brown sent the punting team out.
The Bengals continue their non-punting streak on the next drive, moving down the field quickly after a long catch to Tee Higgins.
The Chiefs went three-and-out on their ninth possession of the game, gaining only 8 yards before punting the ball back to the 49ers.
The highlight of the first quarter and a half for the Steelers was the punting as P Cameron Johnston boomed punts of 61, 65 and 64 yards in three of his first four punts.
Common combinations with punting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- punting the 9×
- punting on 7×
- in punting 5×
- the punting 5×
- punting average 4×
- and punting 3×
- while punting 3×
- before punting 3×
- punting with 3×
- punting is 3×