On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Rushing. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as rush or movement and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Rushing in a sentence
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Rushing meaning
present participle and gerund of rush
Using Rushing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of rush
- Useful related words include: rush, movement, motion, hurry.
- In the example corpus, rushing often appears in combinations such as: rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, yards rushing.
Example sentences (20)
His best season came in 2022 when he set career highs in starts, attempts, completions, passing yards, average yards per pass, interceptions, quarterback rating, rushing attempts, rushing yards, and rushing touchdowns.
Baltimore leads the league in rushing yards, and Lamar Jackson’s impressive performance of 318 passing yards and 119 rushing yards against the Dolphins last season adds to the Ravens’ defensive prowess.
He had one of the most prolific rushing seasons ever with the second most rushing yards in a season for a quarterback, behind only Lamar Jackson in his MVP campaign.
His unparalleled mobility facilitates a top 5 rushing attack for the Ravens every year, because even when he doesn’t have the ball, his gravity opens up rushing lanes for running backs and forces defenses to adapt, opening up passing lanes down the field.
McBride, 21, ranked second in D-I college football last season with 1,713 rushing yards, and his 19 rushing touchdowns that trailed only two players — Minnesota's Mohamed Ibrahim and Pittsburgh's Israel Abanikanda.
Murray had 110 yards rushing and a rushing touchdown as well.
Simmons was the star of the game with 122 passing yards, a passing touchdown, and 105 rushing yards with a crucial rushing touchdown.
Tennessee also leads the nation’s premier football conference and ranks eighth nationally in rushing offense, averaging 229.5 rushing yards per game.
Both men are focal points of their offenses, but the Patriots have allowed the second-fewest rushing yards against through the first two games of the season, while the Jets have allowed the ninth-most rushing yards.
Jackson leads all quarterbacks in rushing yards and yards per carry, while Henry leads the NFL in carries, rush yards, yards per carry and rushing touchdowns.
The Giants give up the 4th most rushing yards per game, and with the worst rushing yards per attempt against.
The Ravens are the first team to have at least 150 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown in their first six games of a season since the 1971 Raiders.
Thomas McLean also had a solid outing with 64 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
With a 10-0 lead, Navarro already had a staggering 114 rushing yards on just six rushing attempts.
With their backs against the wall, the Tide saw Jalen Milroe come up with a vintage performance, with 185 rushing yards and four rushing TDs in a decisive victory at Tiger Stadium.
All of a sudden, his pass-rushing prowess that saw him put up a 91.0 grade while rushing against college offense tackles becomes a serious weapon as a blitzer.
But he also managed 52 rushing yards on six carries and took no sacks against one of the best pass-rushing teams in the league.
He had three rushing TDs last season, two in 2018 and has had at least two rushing TDs in three of the past five years and five of nine.
Henry led the NFL in rushing this season with 1,540 yards in 15 games, the fourth-most rushing yards in franchise history.
Jackson was by far the best in that category, leading the NFL in rushing yards per attempt and ranking eighth with 80.4 rushing yards per game.
Common combinations with rushing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- rushing yards 70×
- rushing touchdowns 28×
- yards rushing 21×
- with rushing 20×
- rushing to 20×
- rushing touchdown 19×
- in rushing 15×
- and rushing 13×
- rushing for 13×
- rushing and 11×