How to Use Olympic Games in a Sentence

Olympic Games

plural noun
Definition of Olympic Gamesnext
  • The artists previously played the song as part of the Paris Olympic Games closing ceremony in August.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2024
  • And after that, maybe even the next summer Olympic Games in Paris?
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The silver medal was made for the first modern Olympic Games, which were held in Athens in the summer of 1896.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Located on the western side of the Peloponnese, Olympia was the site of the very first Olympic Games.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The 1952 Olympic Games were a symbolic watershed in the Cold War.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Other events had set that in motion in the past, including the 1992 Olympic Games.
    — Jennifer Weil, WWD, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Barring injury, he was primed to do something big by the 2024 Olympic Games.
    — Tim Genske, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • For the first time in Olympic history the same three athletes finished in the same three spots for two Olympic Games in a row.
    — Alex Scott, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2021
  • As if the past 12 months hasn’t been surreal enough, last year’s Olympic Games opened in Tokyo today.
    — Rachel Garrahan, Vogue, 26 July 2021
  • My future goals are definitely to make it to the next Olympic Games.
    — ABC News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Many of the players figure to return for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Also from Killion: A fond farewell to an Olympic Games like none before.
    — Anna Buchmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Kahanamoku went on to earn three gold medals and two other medals during three Olympic Games.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • The Seine was also used as an official venue for swimming events during the first Olympic Games in Paris in 1900.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2023
  • While competing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris this summer, the group flaunted flawless beats.
    — Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The infestation is made more pressing due to the upcoming Olympic Games, set to take place in Paris next year.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The gymnastics portion of the 2024 Olympic Games has now concluded.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024
  • At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, French lactating parents will—finally—get just that.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 28 Mar. 2024
  • What followed was a series of odd representations of each sport played in this year's Olympic Games.
    — Danielle Campoamor, refinery29.com, 26 July 2021
  • Swimmer Dara Torres has won 12 medals in five different Olympic Games.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 13 Feb. 2023
  • French animation was even present at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games with the Minions!
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
  • As the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris came to an end this weekend, most of the conversation surrounded the number of medals won, and the number of records broken.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Shizuoka has swiftly risen to prominence as one of Japan’s top cycling hotspots—even serving as the proud venue for the road cycling events of the recent Summer Olympic Games.
    — Jonny Bierman, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2024
  • These Olympic Games will be more inclusive, younger, more urban and more sustainable.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • It is widely considered to be the birthplace of mountaineering and hosted the first-ever Winter Olympic Games in 1924.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2023
  • City leaders also have begun preparations for the 2028 Olympic Games.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
  • For Costas, who has hosted a dozen Olympic Games over his career, the moment hit differently than any other.
    — Christina Dugan, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2021
  • He has now been selected to represent the Netherlands in beach volleyball for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 27 June 2024
  • For the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the city and event organizers plan to ban single-use plastic, according to Reuters.
    — Anastasia Nisenbaum, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2023
  • If these kinds of controversies were a medal sport, most organizing committees for most Olympic Games would have long since won the gold.
    — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023

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