How do you use Yardage in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like distance, plus the exact meaning.
Yardage in a sentence
Yardage meaning
- An amount or length measured in yards.
- The use of a yard, or the fee charged for it.
- Territory.
Synonyms of Yardage
Using Yardage
- The main meaning on this page is: An amount or length measured in yards. | The use of a yard, or the fee charged for it. | Territory.
- Useful related words include: distance.
- In the example corpus, yardage often appears in combinations such as: yardage and, short yardage, passing yardage.
Context around Yardage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yardage
- In this selection, "yardage" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, short, passing, gains, passes, plays and handed stand out and add context to how "yardage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 28 gains yardage against the and brown gains yardage on a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yardage" sits close to words such as apes, attainment and braverman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yardage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Two of those went for lost yardage. (7 words)
We did more yardage and hardest sessions. (7 words)
The Eagles have perfected the short-yardage, push-the-quarterback play. (11 words)
He’ll likely finish the season as the rookie receiving yardage leader, as well, as he needs just 3 more to surpass Aaron Dobson’s 519. And that’s despite missing three games with concussions. (35 words)
Their goal: stop the ground game before rushers gain significant yardage, or box in tight ends to keep the offense from striding down the field through short-yardage passes. (29 words)
Runs or passes on conversion plays are not included in yardage totals, but Lameh ran about 40 yards to gain the three yards needed for those critical two points. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Their goal: stop the ground game before rushers gain significant yardage, or box in tight ends to keep the offense from striding down the field through short-yardage passes.
A lot of teams are running short-yardage plays out of the shotgun these days and in this instance, it was a zone read for Fields.
Bears running back Jonah Fuller, No. 22, looks for yardage against the Hawks defense.
Coughing up of possession cheaply in yardage handed Salford ample opportunity to attack and it took some desperate efforts to limit the hosts to just two tries.
For some sobering context here, the Jets have produced a total of 2,703 yards on offense — 231 yards fewer than Tagovailoa’s passing yardage.
He’ll likely finish the season as the rookie receiving yardage leader, as well, as he needs just 3 more to surpass Aaron Dobson’s 519. And that’s despite missing three games with concussions.
Michael Penix Jr. of the Washington Huskies led the nation in passing yardage per game at 357 yards per game.
Oak Mountain got backed up by penalties on its next drive and couldn’t make up the extra yardage.
Oct 23, 2022; Paradise, Nevada, USA; Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs (28) gains yardage against the Houston Texans during the second half at Allegiant Stadium.
Runs or passes on conversion plays are not included in yardage totals, but Lameh ran about 40 yards to gain the three yards needed for those critical two points.
Steelers receiver Diontae Johnson gains first down yardage past the Ravens’ Marcus Williams in the fourth quarter Sunday, Jan.
That has put an undue burden on their defense, which ranks 10th in the NFL in points allowed and seventh in total yardage allowed.
That means your goal needs to be picking up some yardage the first 3 downs to make 4th down realistic.
The Eagles have perfected the short-yardage, push-the-quarterback play.
The Longhorns have the best yardage differential among the four playoff teams this season, outgaining opponents by 154.2 YPG.
The sophomore Brown entered the following drive, but it was short-lived after two runs from Williams and a 3-yard rushing attempt from Brown led to minimum yardage.
Though this proved effective for shorter gains, the ‘Canes continued to get pressure in longer-yardage situations when the Cavaliers were forced to opt for deeper routes.
Two of those went for lost yardage.
Waukegan’s Devaughn Brown gains yardage on a quarterback keeper during a game at North Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022.
We did more yardage and hardest sessions.
Common combinations with yardage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- yardage and 17×
- short yardage 12×
- passing yardage 8×
- of yardage 8×
- yardage in 8×
- yardage on 7×
- yardage against 6×
- extra yardage 6×
- receiving yardage 5×
- the yardage 5×