How to Use quarterback in a Sentence

quarterback

1 of 2 noun
Definition of quarterbacknext
Synonyms for quarterbacknext
  • Of course, the quarterback coach does not make the final call.
    — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The offense is a top-10 unit with a Pro Bowl quarterback at the controls.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Lewis was coy last week when he was asked which quarterback would run the first play.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • His wife raised the topic on her podcast, and the quarterback laughed it off.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Lance was the third quarterback for the Cowboys for much of the 2023 season and saw no game action.
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Two juniors who know how to put the pressure on quarterbacks come to mind.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • Still, the quarterback wants to do his part to ensure the Utes’ offense can pose more of a downfield threat.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • It’s been a little more up-and-down for the Jets, who lost their star quarterback Aaron Rodgers just four plays into the first game of the year.
    — Tim Chan, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Both teams need quarterbacks, but WSU has more pieces to work with and could win seven or eight games.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • And though the pairing was surprising at first, the quarterback says that the pop star is now just part of the family.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2023
  • That’s when freshman quarterback Zachary Benitez found Josh Zander in the end zone for the score.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • This is a quarterback that quarterbacked in the Super Bowl a few years back.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2023
  • Reminders of all eyes turning to quarterback Joe Burrow and putting the season in the hands of one of the best players in football.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback makes $45 million a year.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Jordan Love has had a rough go of it in his first full season as a starting quarterback.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Senior quarterback Drake Lindsey called the shutout in front of the home crowd embarrassing and pledged to make up for it.
    — Rick Fires, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
  • After a short run by Sanders, Latu sacked the quarterback for an eight-yard loss and Sanders was forced to throw the ball away under pressure on third down.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Then again, perhaps the first quarterback to speak would be Collin Schlee, the veteran transfer from Kent State.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • As far as exposing your quarterback to hits, watch the option play again.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
  • In the past, quarterbacks have given Jason a pair of Jordans and a Louis Vuitton duffle bag, which the center said is still his go-to.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Sophomore Luke Fahey could be the next star quarterback at Mission Viejo.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • The Tide has struggled to move the ball over the last two weeks, the quarterback play hasn’t been stellar and the offensive line has resembled a turnstile while pass blocking.
    — Matt Stahl | [email protected], al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Over the course of the rest of the 2023 season, star quarterbacks that franchises had invested fortunes in continued to go down and to not get back up again.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The second snap for Alabama was a 15-yard quarterback draw by Milroe.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Rodgers’ day ended when he was touched for a would-be sack (the play was whistled dead, of course) by edge rusher Brian Burns, who barreled in from the quarterback’s blind side.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback, is among the celebrities dealing with the fallout from the 2022 crypto crash.
    — Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Harris was tackled after receiving the ball from quarterback Josh Allen, and stayed on the ground following the play.
    — Jolie Lash, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Weed likens his role as course architect to that of a quarterback: calling plays for a large roster of consultants.
    — Jack Bantock, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Guiton, a former Ohio State quarterback in his third season at Arkansas, moved from the sideline to the press box and called plays for the first time in a game on Saturday.
    — Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The Rams’ quarterback situation appears set — at least for now.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Advertisement

quarterback

2 of 2 verb
  • He quarterbacked his high school team.
  • She quarterbacked the company's latest ad campaign.
  • But there’s more to quarterback play than the quality of the starter.
    — oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2023
  • That made the Huskies’ quarterback one of the top players to watch this bowl season.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 29 Dec. 2022
  • But there’s a lot more to quarterback than showing off a big arm.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
  • And quarterback Caleb Williams, after a stellar start to the season, was coming apart at the seams.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence threw for 368 yards and three touchdowns.
    — Mark Maske, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • This is a quarterback that quarterbacked in the Super Bowl a few years back.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2023
  • My team is quarterbacked by a telephone pole with a helmet.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The collision led to the ejection of Greenlaw and sent the Chargers quarterback to the concussion tent.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The Volunteers sacked Will Levis four times and picked off the Kentucky quarterback a season-high three times in their 44-6 win.
    — Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Will Colts quarterback Matt Ryan play against the Buccaneers?
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Former Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton started the last two games for the Saints.
    — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The Tigers hurried to the line to spike the ball and stop the clock on third down, but quarterback Bo Nix lost the handle and fumbled the ball before picking it up and throwing it into the ground.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The Panthers will turn back to quarterback Baker Mayfield.
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The message surely was a nod to quarterback Joe Burrow, who usually stirs the pot for the Cincinnati Bengals.
    — Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2022
  • After an eight-year streak of making the playoffs, the Packers were on the outside in a year when they were hamstrung by an injury to quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Cleveland has Cincinnati’s number of late and quarterback Joe Burrow and his teammates are looking to flip the script.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Can quarterback Drew Allar, who passed for 34.4 yards per game last season as a backup to Sean Clifford, flourish as the starter?
    — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
  • And then there’s the Dolphins, who got off to a 3-0 start but saw injuries to quarterback Tua Tagovailoa hamstring their season.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Baker Mayfield is riding high as the new Rams quarterback after a 98-yard game-winning drive a week ago.
    — Catena Media, oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2022
  • This was a defense many thought could carry this team between the start of the season and quarterback Deshaun Watson’s return.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 20 Nov. 2022
  • So did quarterback Noah Fifita — one of the first five players to commit for 2022 — and linebacker Jacob Manu.
    — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2022
  • However, McCord quarterbacked six full series, while Brown played only three, plus the final few plays of the game.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Meanwhile, just down the road, the Jets made some clarifications to quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ contract.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 27 July 2023
  • That lack of remorse was one of the reasons why Robinson handed the Browns quarterback a six-game suspension in a ruling issued Aug. 1.
    — Chris Easterling, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow revealed he's suffered head injuries on the field that left him forgetting how the rest of the game went.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The Giants had the ball after halftime, trailing 27-6, and tried a trick play, flipping the ball back to quarterback Thomas Gotkowski, who then attempted deep pass over the middle.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Oct. 2022
  • O’Neil quarterbacked Cathedral to a pair of state championship appearances in three years as a starter, highlighted with a 2021 state title for the Fighting Irish.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • In one photo, she was pictured chatting to quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ wife, Brittany, whose back was facing the camera.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'quarterback.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: