How to Use long jump in a Sentence

long jump

noun
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  • Frech placed eighth in the long jump and fifth in the high jump.
    — Abby Roedel, PEOPLE.com, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The next event in the decathlon, the long jump, is scheduled for 10:10 a.m.
    — oregonlive, 23 July 2022
  • Davis, also 22, will compete in the Olympics for the first time in the long jump.
    — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 15 July 2021
  • Between the 1900 Olympics and the Tokyo Games, five men had jumped in the medal rounds of the high jump and long jump.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Won the long jump at the Class S meet, took second at the State Open.
    — Dan Brechlin, courant.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The girls complete the heptathlon with the long jump, javelin throw and the 800-meter run.
    — Al.com Reports, al, 16 May 2022
  • Three of those were in the long jump, and two apiece were won in the triple jump, high jump and pole vault.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 9 May 2021
  • Smith’s time in the 300 hurdles is the best in the state this spring and her long jump is second.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2023
  • Reese won the women’s long jump at the London 2012 Olympics.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
  • Rathke is chasing three-peats in both the pole vault and long jump.
    — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
  • The Stoughton senior finished third in the long jump at 22-7.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
  • Friday’s slate of events includes the long jump, javelin and 800.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2022
  • Lauren Reed of Long Beach Poly won the girls’ long jump at 18-7.
    — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2022
  • The sophomore finished second in the 1A long jump and fourth in the triple jump.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Moore, 20, will compete in the triple jump and long jump at the trials.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 17 June 2021
  • The long jump is Roberts’s best event—her nickname is Jumpin’ Jay.
    — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Floréal competed for Canada in the Olympics in the triple jump and long jump.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • China’s Jianan Wang won the men’s long jump, his first world gold.
    — oregonlive, 16 July 2022
  • Hubbard was the first Black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal, for the long jump in the 1924 games in Paris.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The 16-bit address in the long jump uses an extra byte.
    — Andrew Hudson, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2022
  • However, Solon failed to score in the high jump, long jump and pole vault.
    — Joe Magill, cleveland, 11 Apr. 2021
  • In 2019, Joseph was second at state in the triple jump, third in the high jump, and didn’t make finals in the long jump.
    — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 8 May 2021
  • Holds the Division 1 long jump record in state track and field.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2019
  • In the boys’ long jump, East Boston’s Jashua Delacruz won with a leap of 18 feet, 4 inches.
    — Vitoria Poejo, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Valeriy Brumel won the high jump, but Ralph Boston was edged out in the long jump.
    — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
  • The winning long jump at this year's Olympics was 8.41 meters.
    — Stephen Wade, ajc, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Last quarter the brand was steadily in fifth place but has since made a long jump.
    — Essence Fashion Editors, Essence, 21 July 2023
  • Murphy also had a ninth-place finish in the long jump with a 22-2.
    — Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 4 June 2022
  • Two of those field disciplines — long jump and pole vault — are now among his strongest events on the world stage.
    — Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Last month, Davis-Woodhall finished first in the women’s long jump at the 2024 Summer Games.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024

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