How to Use the crease in a Sentence

the crease

noun
Definition of the creasenext
  • The femoral artery in the groin, just above the crease where the thigh meets the abdomen.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • The femoral artery in the groin, just above the crease where the thigh meets the abdomen.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
  • The odds always favor the team with the cool hand in the crease.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
  • The rashes can appear on the body, the thigh, the crease of the thigh, the pubic region and the face.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 May 2023
  • Elias Lindholm, who was set up in front of the crease, was awarded the goal.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Place the band in the crease of your buttocks where your hamstring meets your glutes.
    — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Though Hull had a skate in the crease, which tended to get goals called back in those days, the goal stood.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
  • John Tavares and Rasmus Sandin each won pucks at the edge of the crease to score for Toronto.
    — Dallas News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Nguyen has a tap from the crease on the rebound of a Chyzowski shot.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The product is a small foam insert that fits in a sneaker to keep the crease from forming in the front.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
  • Shesterkin came out of the goalie crease, made a save, got back into the crease, and made another.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024
  • Dumbbell Donkey Kick How to: Get on all fours, and place a dumbbell at the crease of right knee.
    — Women's Health, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The second came just outside the crease and at the end of the rush in the third period with Dallas trailing, 4-3.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2023
  • Apply a dark-colored smokey eye on the eyelid and then go into the crease with a red shade.
    — Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The ligament is located between the scaphoid and lunate bones, which are in the crease of the wrist.
    — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2022
  • For several tense moments, the refs reviewed the goal to see if Woodworth was in the crease.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Video showed that the crease was clear by the time the puck arrived and no Gophers had made contact with the goalie, so the goal was allowed to stand.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The Florida Panthers’ 22-year-old Finnish center made his way into the slot and then the crease just in front of the net.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In the same period, Walman took a shot from the blue line, and Larkin was at the crease for the rebound, but couldn't get the puck up and over Vasilevskiy's pad.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The breakthrough happened just in the nick of time when Benn scored his 30th goal of the season with 0.7 seconds left from right outside the crease.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Barzal found his teammate all alone at the top of the crease and Palmieri extended his point streak to a career-high six games.
    — Scott Charles, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Boston’s Taylor Hall received the puck wide open on the doorstep of the crease before going top shelf.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The side shoulder pointed toward the net increases what are already good odds for the guy in the crease.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Claude Giroux followed up with an even-strength goal at 14:10, driving straight up the middle to beat Hellberg at the crease.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2023
  • An Edmonton shot resulted in a save by Bobrovsky, and a loose puck in the crease.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
  • This could be a trick of the eye since the display is so bright, or perhaps the crease is not as visible before wear sets in.
    — Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 10 July 2024
  • On the very next shift, Boldy finally scored himself, hustling for a loose puck near the crease and firing a shot on net to stretch the lead to 4-2.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Copley has stepped out of the shadows and into the crease at a time the Kings didn’t have reliable goaltending.
    — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • After a puck whizzed through the crease, senior Ajay Johnson knocked it to Davis who converted on a wide-open net.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Larkin was awarded a penalty shot in the final minute of the period when Hawks defenseman Caleb Jones covered the puck in the crease.
    — Dana Gauruder, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2023

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