How to Use gymnastic in a Sentence

gymnastic

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of gymnasticnext
  • All of the gymnastic moves from the night sobered me up.
    — The Cut, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The report was released just before the 2021 U.S. Olympic gymnastic teams jetted to Tokyo for the games.
    — Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 26 July 2021
  • For the event, Charlotte paired her shoes with a pink and white printed dress while showing off her gymnastic skills in the grass.
    — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2019
  • Smith and Ari Mayzick were cast as the playful, gymnastic leads.
    — Lewis Segal, latimes.com, 15 May 2017
  • The sequence is a doozy, with long takes and gymnastic camera movements.
    — Gabe Cohn, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Two other gymnastic skills named after Biles are on floor, and the other is on the balance beam.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Lee's epic flip isn't the first time an Olympic gold medalist has added some gymnastic flare to a first pitch, however.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The family had a pool in the backyard and Louganis would practice his gymnastic stunts off the board and into the pool.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Nov. 2022
  • To rap with such force and gymnastic verve in this climate of psychedelia and melody feels like an ethical choice as much as an artistic one.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Oklahoma is the nation’s top softball program and among the best in gymnastic and men’s golf.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2021
  • But Ohashi's gymnastic career wasn't always so full of joy.
    — Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, 14 Jan. 2019
  • That’s not a review of, say her gymnastic skills, as a sports reporter might do if Welker were an athlete.
    — Armond White, National Review, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The goal, in my case, is to build the foundation for a ring or bar muscle-up, a key benchmark of gymnastic and overall upper-body strength.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 11 Aug. 2017
  • Biles could still compete in other gymnastic events during the Olympics.
    — Mae Anderson, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • The dancers—who ranged in age from young children to adults—took the stage to show off their breathtaking display of gymnastic abilities.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 30 May 2018
  • Bouldering is the most gymnastic style of climbing and doesn’t require a harness or rope, Mr. Wahl says.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2019
  • The suspect is the gymnastic champion’s brother, Tevin Biles-Thomas, 24.
    — Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Now, as a performer on the road, doing gymnastic numbers during her G.O.A.T.
    — Essence, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Both gymnastic rings and suspension straps can be mounted to a sturdy door.
    — Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 13 May 2020
  • The bag of the season is even a literal riff on a gymnastic ball: its rubber form, sliced in half, is customized with a vintage scarf that serves as a strap.
    — Alice Cavanagh, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Here, in two and a half minutes, are the hallmarks of Converse’s style: gymnastic rhymes, sinuous melodies, a tone that’s both lovelorn and self-consoling.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Before long, Iain was floating … on those gymnastic rings.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The historic move, which Biles has teased on social media for over a year now, has won her praise from other gymnastic champions.
    — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 22 May 2021
  • Impressed by it, the Bayou Bengals have had it on all 22 of their racks in their football weight room, which is also used by the volleyball, soccer and gymnastic teams, for a year and a half.
    — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Wilson instructs Bjornsson and Morsia in some gymnastic skill staples, including the jump and twist, forward roll, press-up and spin, toes to bar, and some ring work.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Despite her dislike of her instructor and her fear of the high beam that ended her own gymnastic career, my daughter remained attached to the team.
    — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The Utes women’s gymnastic team is a national power with multiple Olympians on the roster.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • The root of the issue: The schools have vastly different accounts of their men’s gymnastic histories against one another.
    — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2018
  • Along with donations and meals, condolences came in from gymnastic programs across the county.
    — Josh Kovner, courant.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Over the summer, Biles made headlines for exiting four out of five women's gymnastic finals at this year's Summer Games.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2021
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gymnastic

2 of 2 noun
  • With a bit of salary-cap gymnastics, the Heat should be able to do the same with Gabe and Max this summer.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
  • But Richard is not just focusing on hard skills and throwing the rest of his gymnastics to the side.
    — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • With the Olympics less than a month away, here’s a look at the women going for gymnastics gold in Brazil in August.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The parking attendant at the UCLA gymnastics meet got a very damp $20 bill.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The gymnastics championships will be at West Hills High on May 19.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Many of the leading faces of gymnastics over the past year have been African-American women.
    — Jade Boone, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The eighth-grader likes to swim, do gymnastics and work out with a trainer, her mother said.
    — Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Nassar served as the team doctor for USA gymnastics for 18 years.
    — Today, NBC News, 17 July 2023
  • As of now, the regionals — as well as the state gymnastics meet at Ball State — will proceed, but without fans.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2020
  • The college gymnastics meet will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 24 Feb. 2023
  • That is followed by women's golf and gymnastics, both with seven in a row.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2023
  • The carpeted floor is cushioned with a one-inch gymnastics mat to ensure joint health.
    — By Chloe Herring, Brooke Henderson and Samantha J. Gross, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The head coach delivered a shocking announcement about the end of the gymnastics program.
    — Ariel Castillo, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The six-year-old from Kenilworth, New Jersey, began doing gymnastics last fall and tee-ball in the spring.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Although her death prompted a reckoning in the gymnastics world, progress has been slow.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Simone Biles, the Olympic gymnastics legend, was also on the receiving end of the designs.
    — Lee Igel, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Becker ended her 15-year gymnastics career in style at the state meet at Palatine over the weekend.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Sharon's children have been involved in sports, gymnastics and dance.
    — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The room was used for fencing during the Olympics, but it’s now primarily used for gymnastics.
    — Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Geer did offer praise for Reid’s long-time coverage of abuse in gymnastics.
    — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Diane trained five days a week, for two hours at a time, cycling through things like fight training, wrestling, grappling, and gymnastics.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 29 June 2023
  • As usual, gymnastics and swimming will be among the key sports in the first half of the schedule, with track and field among the most popular sports following in the second half.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Neither my head nor heart was in the right place to handle the emotional gymnastics that often came with dating post-breakup.
    — Amanda Kohr, refinery29.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The very awkwardness of that term suggests the mental gymnastics these crowds struggle to perform.
    — Adam Fleming Petty, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Biles, who could be a regular around Green Bay this season, also is having a new start of sorts with gymnastics.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The sassy, fun-loving 3-year-old girl loved gymnastics, swimming and playing with her older sisters.
    — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
  • Gordon and Tollin launched the professional league back in 2002 in a warehouse using old gymnastics equipment and rules that remained a work in progress.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Accustomed to reaching new heights in gymnastics, Simone Biles had a low moment after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Other women’s figure skating and gymnastics competitions in the Olympics have also topped the 2015 World Cup.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The goal is to help the leader avoid the mental gymnastics that come along with constant prioritization and rebalancing.
    — Stephen Hsu, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

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