Home
Idioms
Top 1000 Words
Top 5000 Words


Example sentences for "third down"

  • Another forward grounded, and Tarver, with twelve to go on third down, faked a kick and carried outside right tackle to Lorimer's sixteen for the distance.

  • Neither team was able to gain consistently through the line and each punted on second or third down.

  • You've got six to go on third down; put it over!

  • There was no scoring in the third period, but the whistle blew with the pigskin down on Canterbury's twenty-five yards and Brimfield with four to go on third down.

  • You're on the ten yards and it's third down.

  • Benton tried a forward pass and made it go for a small gain and then, on third down, got past Thayer and reached the eighteen before Carmine tipped up the runner.

  • When the teams changed places Brimfield had the pigskin on Southby's thirty-eight yards with four to go on third down.

  • With eight to go on third down, Kirkendall faked a kick and threw a short pass across the centre of the line which Peters just missed, and Kenwood took the ball.

  • Dick didn't see what Bob Peters had gained by giving the kick-off to the enemy and then promptly punting the ball back into her hands, nor what Stone's idea was in kicking regularly on third down, irrespective of the distance lacking.

  • A forward failed and, on third down, Freer punted to the Morgan's twelve yards and both Edwards and Holt reached the catcher before he could start.

  • Chambers smashed through Hall for two, through Tyler for two more and punted on third down.

  • Near the fifteen yards, with four to go on third down, Hodges threw across the lines and Bradford caught on the eight.

  • Sometimes she fools the enemy and gains, but for the most part she is forced to fall back on a punt on third down or fourth.

  • And so it went for the rest of that quarter, Kenwood plunging and punting only when she was forced to, Parkinson plunging and punting regularly on third down.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "third down" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    battle against the children; come near; eyes closed; foreign intercourse; foreign languages; free government; historical point; know nothing; left open; soon after his arrival; take any; third down; third edition; third estate; third interest; third lieutenant; third mate; third natural; third party; third persons; third power; third reading; third verse; third week; third year; thirds rule