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• I've never tried karate before, but I'm willing to have a go.From the entry have a go
• And now I'm going to hit you with my karate chop! Take that!From the entry take that
• They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.From the entry condition
• Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.From the entry outsider
• Raymond is a black belt in karate.From the entry black belt
• Student A has both arms outstretched in a karate motion and shouts out "HUH".2014, Larry Swartz, Dramathemes: Classroom Literacy that Will Excite, Surprise, and Stimulate Learning, Markham, Ont.: Pembroke Publishers…. From the entry huh
• Twenty or so little kids in karate suits stood with their hands clasped as if in prayer.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.1, at p.9-10. From the entry strip mall
• Like karate, for instance, which would appear to derive from the ancient Indian martial art kalarippayattu.2008 May 18, Phoebe Eaton, “Liquid Assets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022. From the entry kalarippayattu
• Demura was relocated to another dojo which taught both karate and kendo.1971, Fumio Demura, “About the Author”, in Nunchaku: Karate Weapon of Self-defense, Los Angeles, Calif.: Black Belt Books, Ohara…. From the entry dojo
• I double over and hear a karate ninja sound.2020, K. Anthony Wilson, Better Together. From the entry hi-yah
• She leaped down beside him and took a karate stance.2017, Jerry Mahoney, My Rotten Stepbrother Ruined Snow White, page 101. From the entry hi-yah
• Students on either side of B give B a karate chop by miming a sideways karate chop — without any touching.2014, Larry Swartz, Dramathemes: Classroom Literacy that Will Excite, Surprise, and Stimulate Learning, Markham, Ont.: Pembroke Publishers…. From the entry huh
• The karate school where she took tai chi was in a strip mall near the Three Rivers depot.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.1, at p.9-10. From the entry strip mall
• Every Saturday after the karate class there was a jodo class (not judo, but jodo—the way of the short staff).2007, Paul Walker, Lessons with the Master, page 15. From the entry jodo
• Neither possesses a serve fast enough to dent a radar gun and their stabby backhands resemble karate chops.1991 September 18, “Walker, Holton Are A Winning Duo”, in South Florida Sun-Sentinel. From the entry stabby
• There's a saying my karate buddy used to tell me when talking about white belt (beginner) versus black belt (expert) karate skills.2014, Dave Erickson, JP Grebenc, Superior Texas Hold'em: Evolved Poker Strategy. From the entry white belt
• When a karate student is a white belt, the student aspires to be a black belt, the top color of karate belts, someday.2011, Annemarie Algeo, Fat, Fit, and (Almost) Fifty, page 35. From the entry white belt
• Baghbani won gold in kumite – a karate discipline – at the Pan Am Games and the USA Karate Open in Las Vegas in July.2009 August 20, Kevin McGran, “Players tell officials to take radical changes back to the drawing board”, in Toronto Star. From the entry kumite
• “Either way you want it,” says Babbs, grinning in the most frightening manner now, like the next step is eight karate chops to the gizzards and giblets.1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →OCLC, page 255. From the entry Mexican standoff
• But while the karate men were on their best behavior, it’s interesting to note that their brother budokas in the judo world were creating an awful rumpus.1966 September, “A New Spirit of Karate?”, in Black Belt, volume V, number 6, Los Angeles, Calif.: Black Belt, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28. From the entry budoka

Meaning of karate

1. noun An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
2. verb To attack (somebody or something) with karate or similar techniques.

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Questions about karate in a sentence

How do you use karate in a sentence?

Karate is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I've never tried karate before, but I'm willing to have a go.”

What is a short sentence with karate?

“Raymond is a black belt in karate.”

What does karate mean?

Karate means an Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.