Wondering how to use Scrimmage in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as practice or rehearse.
Scrimmage meaning
- A rough fight.
- In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
- In American football or Canadian football, a play that begins with a snap from the center while opposing teams are on either side of a line of scrimmage.
Synonyms of Scrimmage
Using Scrimmage
- The main meaning on this page is: A rough fight. | In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record. | In American football or Canadian football, a play that begins with a snap from the center while opposing teams are on either side of a line of scrimmage.
- Useful related words include: practice, rehearse, disturbance, battle royal.
- In the example corpus, scrimmage often appears in combinations such as: of scrimmage, from scrimmage, scrimmage and.
Context around Scrimmage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scrimmage
- In this selection, "scrimmage" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, watched, michigan and saturday stand out and add context to how "scrimmage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include line of scrimmage and play from scrimmage. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scrimmage" sits close to words such as annexation, anticipating and bombed, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scrimmage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After undergoing surgery in May, LaVine couldn’t scrimmage or undergo contact drills. (13 words)
And get this — only five of his 19 passes went beyond the line of scrimmage. (15 words)
All he did was total 303 yards from scrimmage, including 229 yards rushing and two touchdowns. (16 words)
Bryant was also victimized on two jet sweeps that he failed to contain, though he tracked receiver KaVontae Turbin down in the second half to force a fumble at the end of Dallas' longest play from scrimmage. (37 words)
Ezekiel Elliott had 140 yards from scrimmage – 72 receiving, 68 rushing – and caught a TD for the NFL’s lowest-scoring offense, which reached the end zone three times for the first time since October. (35 words)
Scrimmage Before scrimmage, an official places the ball at the spot it was at the stop of clock, but no nearer than 24 yards from the sideline or 1 yard from the goal line. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
I thought they really won the interior part of the line of scrimmage, really probably on both sides of the ball on the line of scrimmage.
The ball was caught two yards short of the line of scrimmage by a Seahawks staffer as the official on the line of scrimmage watched the ball not get back to him.
For a scrimmage to be valid the team in possession of the football must have seven players, excluding the quarterback, within one yard of the line of scrimmage.
Scrimmage Before scrimmage, an official places the ball at the spot it was at the stop of clock, but no nearer than 24 yards from the sideline or 1 yard from the goal line.
A critical offensive penalty negated the touchdown when a flag was thrown at the line of scrimmage just after the snap for Toney lining up in the neutral zone.
After sitting out three games with a lacerated liver, he returned to play in a school-record 149 plays from scrimmage this month against Stanford.
After the Gophers lost a fumble on their second play from scrimmage, Michigan State took over at the Minnesota 26-yard line.
After undergoing surgery in May, LaVine couldn’t scrimmage or undergo contact drills.
All he did was total 303 yards from scrimmage, including 229 yards rushing and two touchdowns.
An Academy of Holy Angels high school hockey player was hospitalized in intensive care after an injury during a scrimmage Saturday.
And get this — only five of his 19 passes went beyond the line of scrimmage.
At one point Wednesday, Agholor was unaware the Ravens were running the no-huddle offense and had to make a quick jog back to the line of scrimmage.
Austin Peay State Universityresponded on the ensuing drive, overcoming a holding penalty on the first play from scrimmage.
Beavercreek junior Haley Ferguson, a University of Michigan commit, pitches during a scrimmage against Kings on Tuesday.
Bryant was also victimized on two jet sweeps that he failed to contain, though he tracked receiver KaVontae Turbin down in the second half to force a fumble at the end of Dallas' longest play from scrimmage.
Considering 225 of West Virginia’s 338 offensive plays are runs, the Mountaineers have let it be known their first offensive goal is to establish the line of scrimmage.
Contrary to the scrimmage, the Summit sideline was full of smiles after its first win of the season.
Credit to the line for winning the line of scrimmage and pushing back the Bengals, suffering without interior plugger D.J. Reader.
Even Grizzy is a little sore, so he didn’t partake in the scrimmage part of it.
Ezekiel Elliott had 140 yards from scrimmage – 72 receiving, 68 rushing – and caught a TD for the NFL’s lowest-scoring offense, which reached the end zone three times for the first time since October.
Common combinations with scrimmage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of scrimmage 90×
- from scrimmage 38×
- scrimmage and 16×
- scrimmage in 12×
- the scrimmage 10×
- scrimmage at 10×
- scrimmage against 8×
- during scrimmage 6×
- scrimmage to 5×
- scrimmage with 5×