How To Use Broken-field In A Sentence
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Their dazzling broken-field running overcame a committed effort from the league leaders.
Times, Sunday Times
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The passage describes the climactic moment in a football game, just as the halfback is breaking away for a long, broken-field run.
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Not in the least winded, Anderson segued into John Coltrane's "Central Part West," a cooled-down proposition not without a segment so challenging that Anderson's fleet tooting brought to mind an amazing display of broken-field running.
David Finkle: Every Street's a Jazz Boulevard in Old New York
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During that stretch, he completed nine of nine passes for 72 yards, and his broken-field running kept USC guessing.
USATODAY.com - On the biggest stage, Vince Young delivers for Texas
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Chris Paterson's qualities, to my mind, have always been best shown in broken-field play and to date he has failed to dominate in most of his outings in the pivotal position of 10.
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He almost had his helmet ripped from his head at third, and he sent one overzealous fan sprawling during his broken-field run toward the plate.
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But the slow-moving crowd of idlers in the crooked street forced them to weave in and out like broken-field runners in a football stadium.
Golden State
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The young man is Duddy Kravitz, a Sammy Glick by any other name, but a broken-field runner rather than one with his eye on the long distance crown.
Waiting for "Barney" (Mordecai Richler's version)
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They stood looking at each other until one boy stuck out his arms for balance and hopscotched in gaps between the stones from one side to another like a broken-field runner.
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I ran through the trees like a broken-field quarterback, crashing over the undergrowth, weaving through the tree trunks directly at them.
The Glass Rainbow
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Helms, ever courtly, thanked me -- and off I didn't walk but ran, darting around people, through the concourse, down escalators and stairs, like a broken-field runner in a pick-up football game.
Dream Ticket Memories
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A thrilling broken-field runner and skilful auxiliary playmaker, he is infuriatingly difficult to defend against.
Times, Sunday Times
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May, 22, a brilliant broken-field runner, can play anywhere across the back three, as well as at outside centre.
Times, Sunday Times
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He then led police on a nifty broken-field run for several minutes before being cuffed and taken downtown for booking.
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But the Cardinals couldn't take control until Boldin turned a short catch on third-and-20 into a 54-yard, broken-field TD rumble, avoiding five tackles and eventually diving into the end zone with 10: 45 to play.
USATODAY.com - Scores
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They're not as physical, but they are more dangerous with their broken-field and counter-attack runners.
Times, Sunday Times
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It provides deadly broken-field ball.
Times, Sunday Times
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Saracens like to kick and chase, regaining ball and broken-field possibilities.
Times, Sunday Times
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That's a left-wing all-star team, validating Specter's long career as a political broken-field runner.
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I though our pivots were sensational and our broken-field running unbelievable.
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One key arrest comes after a manic broken-field chase through the pushcarts and costermongers of New York's Fulton Fish Market.
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On the first drive, a 41-yard broken-field run put the ball at the Penn 29.
