How to Use touchdown in a Sentence

touchdown

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  • What was the plane's speed at touchdown?
  • Rodgers has yet to throw a single touchdown pass for the city.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 24 July 2023
  • There were six touchdowns and four field goals in the workout.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The Rattlers led 56-27 before the Knight Hawks scored a touchdown to end the third quarter.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2023
  • Howe made arguably the most impressive throw of the day for what would have been a 75-yard touchdown.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The Aggies have won three games in overtime and three others by a touchdown or less.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Dane Thompkins punched it in for a touchdown two play later.
    — Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The Chiefs and Cowboys produced just three touchdowns in 18 series in those games.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Wilson, 34, threw for 16 touchdowns, by far the lowest mark of his career.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The second was a 62-yard touchdown against the New Orleans Saints in the game Stafford suffered a season-ending spinal bruise.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • While Maes did most of his damage in the first half, scoring three touchdowns, Herman was fresh for the second.
    — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The final catch for Tiger Bachmeier from Bear Bachmeier was a touchdown.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • With his ankle and shoe taped up, Kelce went on to make the highlight reel in the second half, scoring a touchdown in the third quarter.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In order to keep their hope of winning alive, Alabama had to score a touchdown.
    — Don Yaeger, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Lauletta came in to finish the drive, resulting in a touchdown for the Generals.
    — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2023
  • On the next play, Jefferson threw the game-winning touchdown pass to Tyrone Broden.
    — Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The Orediggers mascot is Blaster the Burro, a real donkey who runs the field in Mines gear after touchdowns.
    — Andy Fies, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Toki had a 40-yard touchdown pass to Kayden Dixon-Wyatt.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • If that had not happened, Butkus said, Sayers could have scored seven or more touchdowns.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The 49ers set up a rematch by emerging from halftime and going on a 27-point scoring spree with three touchdowns and two field goals.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • One fan account Tweeted out a quick crash course breaking down who gets to keep the ball for how long, and how a touchdown is scored (this will come in handy later).
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Coming into the game, the Showboats had allowed a touchdown on all 11 of their opponent's red-zone trips.
    — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2023
  • Everett caught a five-yard touchdown to complete a three-play possession that started at the Saints’ 25-yard line.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Ty Simpson showcased his arm strength on a couple of impressive throws and ran the option for a long touchdown.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 5 Aug. 2023
  • His last play was a 79-yard touchdown play-action pass to wide receiver Darnay Scott.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
  • The Packers didn't even allow a touchdown that day; Dallas got seven field goals from Chris Boniol.
    — Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Prior to that, the deep-threat wide receiver caught three touchdown passes throughout the season and added two more in the team’s NFC Championship game.
    — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Scouting report: The Patriots lost four games by a touchdown or less last season.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Auburn’s most promising receiver prospect, Brown, had just nine catches for 123 yards and two touchdowns as a freshman.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Lofton scored three touchdowns that game, including the winning touchdown from 1-yard out with 24 seconds left.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024

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