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Synonyms for halfback


Grammar : Noun
Spell : haf-bak, hahf-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˌbæk, ˈhɑf-



Définition of halfback

  • As in running back : noun football position
Example sentences :
  • But no halfback was ever so elusive as this infernal college.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • Down the field a Princeton halfback had caught the ball and was squirming back.
  • Extract from : « Stover at Yale » by Owen Johnson
  • I was down stairs in three shakes, and I went through a waiter like a halfback to do it.
  • Extract from : « The Lash » by Olin L. Lyman
  • He suffers like an All-America halfback playing on a scrub team.
  • Extract from : « Pieces of Hate » by Heywood Broun
  • Miller, the great Indian halfback, had scored a touchdown, after a long run.
  • Extract from : « Football Days » by William H. Edwards
  • The game brought out Jimmie Craig in the new rôle of halfback and assured him a permanent berth behind the line.
  • Extract from : « Practical English Composition: Book II. » by Edwin L. Miller
  • Sara was halfback on the freshman football team, while Jim played quarterback.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
  • Right at him came Birdie Andrews, hat in hand, and when the halfback arrived he bowed and asked him to stop.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • Tom had just obliterated a 150-pound halfback, who had lost the ball, the use of his legs and his Varsity aspirations altogether.
  • Extract from : « Football Days » by William H. Edwards
  • In the first story of this series we watch Yank buck the line as a Halfback.
  • Extract from : « Mary Jane's City Home » by Clara Ingram Judson

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